Join former County Archivist Roger Bettridge in this tour of Aylesbury’s Judges Lodgings. The tour will cover information about the architect, paintings, the furniture, and lots of other snippets of history.
The Judges Lodgings was built in 1849-50 by E.B. Lamb to provide accommodation for the Assize judges on their visits to Aylesbury. It is a spacious four-storey building connected to the court rooms in the County Hall by an overhead passage. Judges continued to stay there until the abolition of the Assize courts in 1971.
Perhaps the most famous assizes for which the Lodgings was used was the trial of the Great Train Robbers at Special Assizes in 1964 before Mr Justice Edmund Davies.
This is a rare chance to view the inside of an Aylesbury landmark that isn’t to be missed!
Spaces are limited, so please email archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk to book your spot.
The tour will involve climbing stairs, so please contact us if you have any access requirements.
