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Cheddington History Society
Welcome to the Cheddington History Society pages!
To contact the Society, or to get details of our excellent 2010 book "Voices of an English Village - Cheddington" with memories of the Second World War, you can email the Chairman John T Smith at:
johntsmith followed by @ followed by btinternet.com
(many of you will know why I put the address in this form). Please include CHS somewhere in the subject line.
Hi! It seems that things are getting back to being a little more normal and we are resuming our programme of talks and visits These are our plans for the next few months:
CHS Programme of Talks 2021 - 2022
September 20th 2021 Our AGM followed by Derek Town - Aspects of our Local Railways
October 18th 2021 Rothschild Estate Buildings in Aylesbury Vale – Cathy Soughton
The estate cottages, lodges and public buildings built or renovated between 1850 and 1910 in local villages, including ours, near to the seven Rothschild Country houses
November 13th and 14th Remembrance weekend - World War 2 Exhibition
Saturday 2 to 5 p.m. and Sunday after the 11 a.m. Ceremony at the War Memorial, up to 5 p.m.
November 15th 2021 Hartwell, Georgian Parks and Gardens – Adam Smith
In the 1720s and 1730s a remarkable landscape garden was created at Hartwell. A set of paintings recorded it but changing fashions led to its being swept away a century later
January 17th 2022 Franklin’s Lost Arctic Expedition – John T Smith
In 1845 129 officers and men just disappeared off the face of the earth. Many more died from the crews sent to investigate what happened. We are learning new facts each year since Franklin’s two ships were discovered fairly recently in the cold Arctic waters
February 21st 2022 Beacons of the Past, LiDAR & Citizen Science – Dr Wendy Morrison
The largest ever archaeological LiDAR survey covered the Chilterns AONB and Cheddington last year – what did they find when they flew over us?
March 21st 2022 The Great Stink – Dr Tom Crook
The problems of London in Victorian times which led to huge engineering work laying down the infrastructure of sewerage systems which allowed the city to grow even larger
April and May talks to follow
You are welcome to attend meetings of the Society, which are normally held at 8 p.m. on the third Monday of the month, at the Methodist Church Room facing the Village Green.
John T Smith, Cheddington History Society