The Stoke Poges Society

The aim of the Society is the preservation and study of all matters relating to the history and development of Stoke Poges; to collate and preserve archive material and artefacts, and to make it available for members and other interested parties.

The Society holds about six events a year, including talks, visits, members’ evenings, and it is most keen to encourage members to research their own family, or road, or any other aspect of the Village that interests them, and share their findings with other members of the Society. (Click here for our programme of events.)   It will make available archive material to members. It also helps people around the world searching for family connections in the Village.

---

2022 sees a comprehensive Programme of Events to be enjoyed by many.
It is subject to change, due to Covid-19 restrictions.

---

Our next event:

 

Wed 15 Dec 2021   7:30pm

Christmas Social Gathering with Music & Song

The Youth Hall, St. Andrew’s Centre, Rogers Lane, Stoke Poges, SL2 4LN

 

We will have an evening of Music & Song featuring Jennifer Harper-Jones.
Seasonal refreshments.  Non-Members £5.
Booking essential.

 

 

Our last event:

 

Our Annual Dinner was a great success at Stoke Place, with our guest, Countess Howe, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.

 

---

TO BOOK for attendance where required, please contact Maggie by email:  tspsevents@outlook.com  or mobile: 07478 309044

---

2021 is a special year for Stoke Poges because it's the
250th anniversary of the death of famous poet, Thomas Gray.
He is buried in the Stoke Poges Parish churchyard.

Some special events to commemorate this year are included in our Programme page, but for more information, see:
http://thomasgray2016.org/
and
https://www.stokepogeschurch.org/Groups/360882/Thomas_Gray_2021.aspx

and see how Eton College is commemorating the anniversary:
https://collections.etoncollege.com/whats-on/exhibitions/etons-bard-thomas-gray-and-his-elegy/

and Peterhouse College Cambridge also has an online exhibition at:
thomasgrayexhibition.com

It's also the Centenary of the Royal British Legion.
Major General Sir Richard Howard Vyse of Stoke Place was its Chairman and later President from 1950 till his death in 1962.

---

    Follow us on Facebook by clicking here