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Saturday Lecture

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Saturday October 10th 2026 14:00: Maids Moreton, a North Buckinghamshire village
Maids Moreton, LectureSpeaker: Julian Hunt (BAS President)

Maids Moreton is adjacent to and often overshadowed by Buckingham and Stowe. It stands out in Domesday Book as one of the few estates where an Englishman retained his land. It also features in the Hundred Rolls of 1279 when a large estate belonged to John Peover, whose family are credited with re-building the fine Perpendicular church there. Much of the land was later owned by All Souls College, whose 1595 map of the parish is a cartographical masterpiece. Comparing this map with the 1803 Maids Moreton enclosure map gives us a valuable insight into the evolution of the present-day North Buckinghamshire landscape.

Please come to the Discover Bucks Museum or Register now for the online lecture Here  (We will email the Zoom meeting invitation to you).

Summer Outing – Hodgemoor Woods

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Two walks around Hodgemoor Woods

Led by Nigel and Janet Rothwell

 

Hodgemoor woods

Sunday 23rd August 2026, 10.00-13.00 and 14.00-17.00 – Hodgemoor Woods – The Hodgemoor walk is on rougher woodland paths, which can be muddy if wet, and is about 3.5km.  Both walks are now fully booked, Sorry
 
 
The walks are arranged as part of the extended CBA ‘Festival of Archaeology’ and are also advertised on their web site.  Each walk is limited to 22 people. There is a charge of £5 for non BAS members.

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The Life of Sarah Egerton, book by David Noy

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Sarah Egerton

‘My daring pen, will bolder sallies make, and like my self, an uncheck’d freedom take.’

The writer of those words did her best to live up to them. She published a long feminist poem at the age of seventeen in defiance of her father ‒ who then exiled her from her London home. Her life story reveals a woman struggling against the constraints imposed by family, gender and economic position, making bold stabs at independence and forced to settle for ultimately unsatisfactory compromises.

Sarah lived most of her life in Buckinghamshire at Shenley, Adstock and finally Winslow. Her poetry, rediscoved in the 1970s, brings together her personal experience with rallying cries to women. In this book David Noy combines the autobiographical nature of Sarah’s poetry with historical research to tell her life story.

  • 288-page paperback, with 37 colour illustrations, maps and poems | cover price £16
  • Post and Packaging £3.90 (UK), options available for Canada/USA and Australia

Your can purchase a copy Here

BAS AGM and Lecture 2026

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Saturday May 9th BAS AGM

(after the AGM):  Publication of the BAS Deeds Catalogue
Speaker:  Chris Low

 

BAS Deeds CatalogueThe BAS AGM will start at 14:00 with the Lecture to follow at circa 14:35.  The AGM and Lecture will be one Zoom session.  The head count for the AGM will be taken at 14:00.

 

 

Please come to the Discover Bucks Museum or Register now for the online lecture Here  (We will email the Zoom meeting invitation to you).

BAS AAG evening meetings

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Thursday 15th October 2026 19:15 for 19:30, Zoom
Wogan Cavern excavations 2026 (Pembroke Castle)

Wogan Cavern Pembroke

Wogan Cavern

Simon Binns.  (BAS AAG member)

Simon was invited to join this prestigious multi-year dig under Pembroke Castle, where the medieval walling up of a cave beneath the castle – and a layer of stalagmite – have preserved occupation evidence over 6,000 years old.  He will relay his experience of being with professors, students and castle visiting public.

 

Register for this Zoom meeting Here .