Name: Estate to Elite Sports Centre - a talk by the Beaconsfield Historical Society
Start: 2025-02-08T14:15:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-08T16:30:00+00:00
Location: St. Mary & All Saints' Church

Estate to Elite Sports Centre - a talk by the Beaconsfield Historical Society

To be held in the Fitzwilliams Centre next to the church. A talk for the Society by Sheila Featherstone- Clark. 2.15 p.m for a 2.30 p.m. start.
61 years ago Bisham Abbey was sold to the nation by the family who had lived there for nearly 200 years. How and why did it happen?' Find out the circumstances that led to this event, who it commemorates and the implications for the estate.
Sheila Featherstone-Clark is a local historian who lives in Bisham and is known for her talks to groups and societies about the village and church.
Members free, visitors £5 payable on the door.
Please note this is a new talk - the scheduled talk by Helen Fry has had to be postponed until a later date due to ill health.
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