Illustrated on-line talks and face-to-face lectures at Discover Bucks Museum.
You can register for the next lecture using the link in the Lecture description below
See also the Thursday evening AAG programme Here
Our lectures are free but if you wish to contribute towards our running cost then you can donate Here . If you are not a BAS member, the benefits of membership and an opportunity to join online can be found Here.
Lectures are free and in normal times held one Saturday each month in the Discover Bucks Museum, Church Street, Aylesbury HP20 2QP starting at 2.30pm and lasting about one hour plus time for discussion. Refreshments are available after the event.
Saturday October 10th 2026: Maids Moreton, a North Buckinghamshire village
Speaker: Julian Hunt (BAS Presidentl)
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.
Saturday November 14th: Parish Church Patrons: supporting your church and saving your soul in Medieval England
Speaker: Eleanor Townsend (D Phil student University of Oxford, previously curatorial roles at the V&A)
Saturday December 5th: Ashridge
Speaker: Dr. Mick Thompson (formerly Estates Manager at Ashridge. Recently completed doctorate on landscape architect Humphrey Repton)
Saturday January 9th 2027: Buckinghamshire’s First Feminist Poet: the life of Sarah Fyge Egerton 1668-1723
Speaker: Dr. David Noy (BAS Archivist and author of this 2026 publication)
Sarah Fyge Egerton lived most of her life in Buckinghamshire at Shenley, Adstock and finally Winslow. Her poetry, rediscovered 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.
The Life of Sarah Egerton, book by David Noy – Bucks Archaeological Society