Windmill Street: The street that never was
Have you ever wondered where the grid road names in Milton Keynes came from, or why some people refer to grid roads as the H5 or V8?
Yardley Gobion History Group
Thursday, 5th March 2026
Milton Keynes Heritage Association was formed in 1994 by a number of local heritage groups and museums, with the aim of encouraging and developing co-operation between organisations having an interest in heritage in Milton Keynes, north Buckinghamshire and south Northamptonshire
MKHA has over 70 organisation and individual members, with a broad range of interests and a wide geographical coverage from Buckingham in the west, Olney in the east, Towcester in the north and Woburn in the south.
Many MKHA members have websites for those interested in our heritage.
MKHA members organise talks and other events.
Heritage Open Days events took place across Milton Keynes from Friday, 12th to Sunday, 21st September 2025. All HODs events are free for the public to attend.
Have you ever wondered where the grid road names in Milton Keynes came from, or why some people refer to grid roads as the H5 or V8?
Yardley Gobion History Group
Thursday, 5th March 2026
Alan Biggins’s talk is based on a chapter from his book The Intelligence Zone. It is about The Whaddon Web – MI6’s wartime communications sites.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association
Thursday, 5th March 2026
A talk by Judith Millidge – a tale of shoemakers, butchers, bakers and candlestick makers, Dick Whittington and his cat. Non-members £5.00.
Bow Brickhill History Society
Wednesday, 4th March 2026
Andy Tennet’s talk will feature his father who was a Northampton man and volunteered for service in February 1940, serving through until March 1946.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Wednesday, 4th March 2026
Septimius Severus was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. Severus travelled to Britain in 208, strengthening Hadrian’s Wall and reoccupying the Antonine Wall.
Olney Archaeological Society
Tuesday, 3rd March 2026
Membership is open to local history groups and individuals and is open to those outside the MIlton Keynes Council boundary.
Member benefits include quarterly meetings, grants, website hosting, free IT and archiving training and heritage advocacy.
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