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| The Old Gaol today is a museum
of the history of Buckingham.
Climb up to the Gaoler's lodgings and you will find fossils from the Jurassic Age. Then move past the tusks of Ice Age mammoths to a British beer mug and Roman dishes. |
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| The Danish Vikings conquered the North of England and attacked southern England many times. King Edward, son of Alfred the Great, came to Buckingham about 915 and built a fort on Castle Hill, where this Viking spear was found. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| The Saxon King Athelstan
said that each county town should have a mint and coins were made here for
nearly 100 years. But many coins made in Buckingham are now in Danish and
Swedish museums. Why?
Meet the Saxon Coiner. |
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| Next, you can see this sixteenth century ivory crucifix. Tradition says that Queen Catherine of Aragon, wife of Henry VIII, left it in Buckingham in 1514; also that she and her ladies introduced lacemaking to the town. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Lacemaking was a way for poor women to earn money, especially in the 19th century. Bucks point lace is made with bobbins on a pillow. It is strong because the net ground and the pattern are made at the same time. | ||||||||||||||||||
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This is the full dress uniform of the Royal Bucks Hussars. There are more uniforms, Shakos and Shapkas, horse pistols, and swords to see. Follow the story of the Royal Bucks Yeomanry through the wars, against Napoleon, in the Crimea and in the First World War. | |||||||||||||||||
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| In the old Exercise Yard,
with its new glass roof, you can enjoy our temporary
exhibitions.
And in many rooms there are objects that small children can touch and enjoy - a fossil, a Roman pot, a swan, a steam engine.......... |
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