Programme of Events for 2012-2013
Details of Society and Section abbreviations and who to contact for further information are given on the abbreviations page. The group initials are also clarified, along with contact details for the secretary/organiser for the Group.
The area codes refer to the three traditional Ridings of Yorkshire - East (ER), North (NR) or West (WR) or Claremont (Cl), to help you identify meetings of interest in your area.
All meetings, except those of affiliated societies, are at Claremont unless otherwise stated in the meeting / event column. For affiliated societies, details of meeting places where advised are given on the abbreviations page, unless indicated in the entry.
| DATE | TIME | GROUP | VENUE | EVENT |
| September 2012 | ||||
| Sat. 8th | 14.30 | HAS | NR | P. Higginbottom: The work house, especially those in Harrogate and Knaresborough |
| Tue. 11th | 19.00 | NDLHS | NR | R. Blakely, The Balliols of Barnard Castle |
| Wed. 12th | 19.30 | RHS | NR | J. Depelle, Leeds Canal Basin |
| Wed. 12th | 19.30 | WHS | WR | D. Thornton, Mr Mercury, the Life of Edward Baines 1774-1848 |
| Thu. 13th | All Day | Leeds Uni | WR | One day conference celebrating the life of Katrina Honeyman |
| Thu. 13th | 19.30 | SHS | WR | N. Booth, Rethinking within the Victorian pub – a study of Stalybridge. |
| Sun. 16th | All day | IAG | NR | Mallerstang & Appleby - walks |
| Wed. 19th | 19.30 | ERAS | ER | A round up of recent fieldwork in the region |
| Thu. 20th | 19.30 | OHS | WR | S. Wrathmell, Wharram Percy & its neighbours: new ideas about medieval settlement in the Yorkshire Wolds |
| Sat. 22nd | 11.00 | FHS | Cl | D. Drummond, Railway Ancestors |
| Sat. 22nd | 14.00 | RAS | Cl | K. Hartley, Mortaria in Yorkshire and what we can learn from them |
| Sun. 23rd | All day | WCR | WR | Day School |
| Mon 8th | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | President's Evening 'Time, what time'........? Hanneke Dye |
| Mon. 24th | 20.00 | ELHAS | WR | E. Houlder, Looking down on History-The Story of Archaeological Aerial Photography |
| Sat. 29th | All Day | NDLHS | NR | Day Conference |
| Sat. 30th | All day | NDLHS | NR | Day trip to Swinton Castle |
| Sat. 30th | All day | YVBSG | NR | Recording Conference, follow-up day at Great Broughton, NR |
| OCTOBER | ||||
| Mon. 1st | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | R. Marwood, 1644 and all that: The Battle of Marston Moor and the Civil War in Yorkshire |
| Tue. 2nd | 19.15 | TS | WR | N. Raw, Samplers from the Leeds Galleries Collection |
| Wed. 3rd | 19.30 | SDHS | WR | S. Riches, St George and that dragon |
| Fri. 5th | 19.30 | HuAS FRS | WR | C. Waddington, Whirlow Hall Farm Community Project |
| Mon 8th | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | Angela Henson Wild flowers of the Yorkshire Dales |
| Fri. 5th | 19.45 | HDAS | WR | tba |
| Tue. 9th | 19.00 | NDLHS | NR | A.G.M., followed by J. Henderson, Translating Northallerton’s Latin records |
| Tue. 9th | 19.30 | HuAS | WR | P. Connelly, Excavations at Hungate, York |
| Wed. 10th | 19.30 | RHS | NR | E. Houlder, “In Dead Men’s Footsteps.” Tracking two Victorian travellers through Brittany |
| Wed. 10th | 19.30 | WHS | WR | K. Rowley, The Story of the Chartists |
| Thu. 11th | 19.30 | SCHS | NR | I. Adams, Edwardian Architecture |
| Sat. 13th | 11.00 | FHS | Cl | S. Dixon, The Century of the Titanic Disaster |
| Sat. 13th | 14.00 | YAS | Cl | Collections Lecture: Andrew Marvell and the Second Anglo-Dutch War: The evidence of MS1244. Prof.M.Dzelzainis |
| Sat. 13th | 14.30 | HAS | NR | R. Marwood, Blood more and more",- the art of insertion and extrication of lead in the 17th century |
| Mon. 15th | 19.30 | IAG | NR | A.G.M. followed by D. Johnson, The Traditional Farm Buildings Survey |
| Mon. 15th | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | P. Wilson, Combating Heritage Crime: You, me and everyone |
| Wed. 17th | 19.30 | FoG | NR | M. Windle, Tropical seas, deltas, and dinosaurs |
| Wed. 17th | 19.30 | ERAS | ER | I.
Rowlandson, The Roman pottery kilns at Market Rasen, Lincs:
some thoughts on landscapes of production |
| Wed. 17th | 19.30 | SDHS | WR | S. Gemmel, Kingdom of Northumbria |
| Thu. 18th | 19.30 | OHS | WR | M. Whyman, Beneath York Minster – a new interpretation of the Roman & post-Roman archaeology |
| Fri. 19th | 19.15 | PDAS | WR | J. Billingsley Things we do for luck |
| Sat. 20th | 11.00 |
IHS | Cl | E. Paget, Domestic Linen Production in the West Riding |
| Mon 22nd | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | James Innerdale, Looking after old buildings, their history and care |
| Wed. 24th | 19.30 | SHS | WR | A. Ashton, Medical Magic & Mystery. |
| Thu. 25th | 19.30 | SCHS | NR | J. Bevers, The Best Houses in Britain |
| Mon. 29th | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | J. Kenny, Community Archaeology Projects around York: New Discoveries |
| Mon. 29th | 20.00 | ELHAS | WR | N. Dowland, Matthew Murray in context |
| November | ||||
| Fri. 2nd | 19.30 | HuAS FRS | WR | J. Stetka, Arkwright’s first small mill on the river at Bakewell |
| Tue. 6th | 19.15 | TS | WR | A. Lock, Sir Thomas Gascoigne, eighteenth century Yorkshire Catholic baronet, his upbringing, politics and his estate management |
| Wed. 7th | 19.30 | SDHS | WR | J. Niepokozycka, Packhorse Ways & Days |
| Thu. 8th | 19.30 | SCHS | NR | K. Jackson, Skipton – The growth of a modern town |
| Fri. 9th | 19.45 | HDAS | WR | J. Schofield, The Archaeology of Us – Challenges and Opportunities |
| Sat 10th | am | UWFS | NR | Coffee morning - Church House |
| Sat. 10th | 11.00 | FHS | Cl | G. Waters, Medieval Genealogy |
| Sat. 10th | 14.30 | HAS | NR | D. Mason. New excavations at Binchester |
| Mon 12th | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | Group reports - Group Leaders> |
| Mon. 12 | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | T. Pearson, Scarborough’s forgotten seaside attractions |
| Tue. 13th | 19.00 | NDLHS | NR | M. Movely, The Great Grazing Country of Children. |
| Tue. 13th | 19.30 | HuAS | WR | O. Jessop, The Development of Chatsworth House |
| Wed. 14th | 19.30 | RHS | NR | K. Baxter, Kirkstall Abbey, its history and its landscape, by its curator |
| Wed. 14th | 19.30 | WHS | WR | P. Higginbotham, Three Centuries of the Workhouse |
| Thu. 15th | 19.30 | OHS | WR | N. Hanson, The Unknown Soldier – how & why he was buried in Westminster Abbey |
| Thu. 15th | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | P. Wilson, Combating Heritage Crime: You, me and everyone |
| Fri. 16th | 19.15 | PDAS | WR | J. Hargreaves, Yorkshire Luddism – image and reality 1812 - 2012 |
| Sat. 17th | 11.00 | IHS | Cl | R. Walker, Tom Puddings |
| Sat. 17th | 14.00 | RAS | Cl | Frances McIntosh, Chesters, Hadrian’s Wall and the Clayton collection |
| Mon. 19th | 19.30 | IAG | NR | M. Gill, Lead mining in the Yorkshire Dales |
| Wed. 21st | 19.30 | ERAS | ER | M. Hobson, Olive oil and wine production in Roman North Africa |
| Wed. 21st | 19.30 | SHS | WR | G. Clay, The Roman came this way! |
| Wed. 21st | 19.30 | SDHS | WR | A. Hamilton-Gibney, Recent excavations at the Roman fort of Low Borrowbridge |
| Thu. 22nd | 19.30 | SCHS | NR | D. Johnson, The challenges of Landscape improvement in Craven since the late 16th century |
| Fri. 23rd | 19.30 | FORA | NR | Pete Wilson, Romans in North Yorkshire. Aldborough Village Hall £4.00 |
| Sat. 24th | All day | WYAAS | WR | Archaeological Day School 2012, Royal Armouries, Leeds |
| Mon. 26th | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | F. Pryor, Archaeology and British History |
| Mon 26th | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | Dr. David Johnson, Old Inns of the Yorkshire Dales |
| Wed. 28th | 19.30 | FoG | NR | J. Deadman, The Secrets of College House, Masham |
| Wed. 28th | 20.00 | ELHAS | WR | J. Hill, Medieval Leeds |
| December | ||||
| Tue. 4th | 19.15 | TS | WR | P. Atkinson, Fertility decline in 19th century Leeds and the social reasons behind this |
| Wed. 5th | 19.30 | SDHS | WR | K. Iliffe, The History of your house |
| Fri. 7th | 19.30 | HuAS FRS | WR | P. McLaughlin, Green Men & Gargoyles in South Yorkshire |
| Sat. 8th | 10.30 | PreH | Cl | Quern Survey A.G.M. |
| Sat. 8th | 11.00 | FHS | Cl | B. Dixon, A Ramble Round the Registry. Followed by social |
| Sat. 8th | 14.30 | HAS | NR | P. Ottaway. York and its environs: the impact of Rome |
| Sat. 8th | 14.00 | PreH | Cl | Christmas meeting: P. Preston, Our local flints: Early Prehistoric People, & the Microlithic Industries of the Pennine Watershed, & I. Roberts, Understanding the Cropmark Landscapes of the Magnesian Limestone. |
| Mon. 10th | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | J. Grenville, Medieval Houses |
| Mon 10th | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | Dr. Roger Martlew, Grassington's ancient heritage: a Lottery funded project |
| Tue. 11th | 19.00 | NDLHS | NR | J. Parkinson, Revealing the Hidden Histories of Boundaries. |
| Tue. 11th | 19.30 | HuAS | WR | Social Evening, & D. Sainty, School Test Pits Project |
| Wed. 12th | 19.30 | WHS | WR | K. Taylor, The role and status of women in the Diocese of Wakefield and the approach and experiences of their chronicler |
| Wed. 12th | 19.30 | SHS | WR | W. Theakstone, Captain Scott’s South Pole expedition: the photographs of H.G. Ponting |
| Thu. 13th | 19.30 | SCHS | NR | M. Clark, Traditional Painting on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. |
| Fri. 14th | 19.45 | HDAS | WR | L. McIntyre, Demography, diet and Health in Roman York |
| Sat. 15th | 11.00 | IHS | Cl | Carole Smithies, Barnbow munitions factory in the second world war |
| Mon. 17th | 19.30 | IAG | NR | R. Martlew, The Grassington Field Systems, followed by social |
| Wed. 19th | 19.30 | ERAS | ER | J. Brightman, Fin Cop Hillfort – Archaeology of a Massacre |
| Thu. 20th | 19.30 | OHS | WR | W. Childs, Red, White and Claret: wines of medieval England |
| Fri. 21st | 19.15 | PDAS | WR | Members’ evening. Christmas food and short talks by members. |
| January 2013 | ||||
| Fri. 4th | 19.30 | HuAS FRS | WR | R. Whitcomb, Sheffield Moors Partnership – the Masterplan |
| Fri 4th | 19.45 | HDAS/YAS | WR | N. Redhead, The Roman Forts at Castleshaw: An Update |
| Tue. 8th | 19.30 | HuAS | WR | R. Doonan, Archaeology in the Russian Bronze Age |
| Wed. 9th | 19.30 | RHS | NR | Tba |
| Thu. 10th | 19.15 | TS | Cl | Members evening – A. Brook, ‘A great wrong has been done to the dead’: Eric Gill’s war memorial for the University of Leeds, : S. Burt, The development of the manor of Kirkgate – a reappraisal |
| Thu. 10th | 19.30 | SCHS | NR | Members social evening |
| Thu. 10th | 19.30 | FoG | NR | A.G.M., followed by- H. Whittaker, Painting with Light |
| Sat. 12th | 11.00 | FHS | Cl | A. Pugh, Beckett Street Cemetery |
| Sat. 12th | 14.30 | HAS | NR | K. Earl. Scriven army and POW camp- 1939-1945 |
| Mon. 14th | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | K. Johnston, Publicising Scarborough |
| Mon 14th | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | Adrian Shepherd, The Long Preston wetlands (RSPB) |
| Wed. 16th | 19.30 | ERAS | ER | M. Holst, Aspects of Burial archaeology Yorkshire |
| Wed. 16th | 19.30 | SDHS | WR | J. Robinson, To Kosovo – Journeys in time |
| Thu. 17th | 19.30 | OHS | WR | D. Calverly, The Building of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal |
| Fri. 18th | 19.15 | PDAS | WR | The Donald C. Lodge Memorial Lecture. E. Houlder, Orcadian Odyssey: An Archaeological And Scenic Tour Of The Orkneys In A Vintage Mercedes Once Owned By Mary Quant |
| Sat. 19th | 14.00 | RAS | Cl | Dave Went, Surveying the Roman fort at Whitely castle and its environs |
| Mon. 21st | 19.30 | IAG | NR | IAG Committee, Trials & Tribulations: an illustrated review of the IAG field activities 2011 |
| Wed. 23rd | 19.30 | SHS | WR | P. Fox, Saddleworth in film. |
| Thu. 24th | 19.30 | SCHS | NR | E. Waddington, History of Fairgrounds |
| Mon. 28th | 20.00 | ELHAS | WR | P. Hadley, Star Carr – Past, Present & Future |
| Sat. 26th | 11.00 | IHS | Cl | I. Brown, Historic Quarries in Yorkshire and Beyond |
| Mon. 28th | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | T. Burkinshaw, The Wetland Heritage of the Vale of Pickering |
| Mon. 28th | 20.00 | ELHAS | WR | P. Hadley, Star Carr – Past, Present & Future |
| Mon 28th | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | Members' evening |
| Wed. 30th | 19.30 | FoG | NR | S. Warwick, title tbc. |
| February | ||||
| Fri. 1st | 19.30 | HuAS FRS | WR | L. McIntyre, Demography, diet & state of health in Roman York |
| Fri. 1st | 19.45 | HDAS | WR | P. Preston, Lithics to Landscapes –The Mesolithics of the Central Pennines |
| Wed. 5th | 19.15 | TS | WR | J. Millard & K. Alldays, The Leeds Pottery Dig |
| Wed. 6th | 19.30 | SDHS | WR | E. Roberts, Schools, Children & Work |
| Sat. 9th | 11.00 | FHS | Cl | M. Hopkinson, Letters from America (communications from early migrants) |
| Sat. 9th | 14.30 | HAS | NR | S. Brown. John Thornton's great east window of York Minster: the creation and conservation of a medieval masterpiece |
| Mon. 11th | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | Members Evening |
| Mon 11th | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | Dr. Peter Claughton, Working the high ground: lead mining in Bordley |
| Tue. 12th | Leeds | 'Ralph Thoresby: Man & Manuscripts' display of manuscripts from YAS archives at Leeds City Museum (until 2 June) | ||
| Wed. 13th | 19.30 | RHS | NR | A.G.M. + speaker |
| Wed. 13th | 19.30 | SHS | WR | I. Foster, Monumental Inscriptions of Saddleworth. |
| Wed. 13th | 19.30 | WHS | WR | J. Goodchild, Roads around Wakefield 1700 - 1900 |
| Thu. 14th | 19.30 | SCHS | NR | P. Cook, A History of English Glass |
| Fri. 15th | 19.15 | PDAS | WR | R. Christian, Manors, markets and meanders – the old market places of York. |
| Mon. 18th | 19.30 | IAG | NR | A. Lowe, Bank Barns, Boskins & Bee Boles |
| Wed. 20th | 19.30 | ERAS | ER | O. Cooper, The East Coast Water Pipeline excavations |
| Wed. 20th | 19.30 | SDHS | WR | M. Lamb, Killington through the Ages |
| Thu. 21st | 19.30 | OHS | WR | Terry O'Connor 'Grim up North?: Feeding York in Pre-Industrial Times' |
| Sat. 23rd | 11.00 | IHS | WR | P. Robinson No Trouble Brewing! |
| Mon. 25th | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | C. Cook, Old transport routes around Scarborough: their past & future |
| Mon 25th | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | Tom Lawson (RSPB), The last pink bits |
| Mon. 25th | 20.00 | ELHAS | WR | E. Scaife, Tyke Talk |
| Thu. 28th | 19.30 | SCHS | NR | S. Wrathmell, Building styles in Skipton & North Craven. |
| March | ||||
| Fri. 1st | 19.30 | HuAS FRS | WR | M. Abbott & R. May, Conservation Management at Padley Chapel & Hall |
| Fri. 1st | 19.45 | HDAS | WR | G. Foard, The Origins of Firepower – Early Guns on the Battlefield |
| Sat. 2nd | 14.00 | PreH | Cl | A.G.M. & Keith Boughey, Natalie McCaul & Andrew Morrison: Rediscovering one of Yorkshire’s missing treasures - the Lamplough-Lidster collection |
| Wed. 5th | 19.15 | TS | WR | J. Liddington, The Suffragette boycott of the 1911 census across West Yorkshire |
| Wed. 6th | 19.30 | SDHS | WR | J. Holt, The Diary of Thomas Fenwick, Esq. |
| Sat. 9th | All Day | PLACE | tbc | tbc |
| Sat. 9th | 11.00 | FHS | Cl | G. Forster, Joseph Priestley & others – early members of the Leeds Library |
| Sat. 9th | 14.30 | HAS | NR | R. Wright. Medieval York and the mystery plays |
| Mon. 11th | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | P. Topping, An overview of Native American archaeology in the Southwest & Midwest |
| Mon 11th | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | Dennis Brickles, Navvy life at Batty Green |
| Tue. 12th | 19.30 | HuAS | WR | A.G.M., followed by J.Barnett, Egton Hill – copper mine |
| Tue 12th | 19.00 | NDLHS | NR | Members presentation: Katherine Lart, Tannery Buildings in Northallerton |
| Tue 12th | 19.30 | SHS | WR | D. Cant, Traditional Buildings – the craftsmen & their clients. |
| Wed. 13th | 19.30 | WHS | WR | A.G.M. & Members Evening |
| Wed. 13th | 19.30 | RHS | NR | tba |
| Thu. 14th | 19.30 | FoG | NR | R. Clemo, Sex, Lies & Yorkshire: Family History is fun |
| Thu. 14th | 19.30 | SCHS | NR | P. Higginbotham, Three centuries of the Workhouse. |
| Fri. 15th | 19.15 | PDAS | WR | E. Walton, The Pilkingtons of Chevet |
| Sat. 16th | All Day | YVBSG/ YAS | WR | ‘Owt fresh’ The Last 30 Years: Advances in our Understanding of Yorkshire's Vernacular Buildings' Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group Day School, all day, Leeds Met Headingley Campus (reduced rates for YVBSG/YAS members, book via YVBSG) |
| Sat. 16th | All Day | PLACE | tbc | tbc |
| Sat. 16th | 14.00 | RAS | Cl | M. Millett & R. Ferriby, Recent research on Roman Aldburgh |
| Mon. 18th | 19.30 | IAG | NR | J. Thorpe, Cave Archaeology: Ingleborough & the Three Counties System |
| Wed. 20th | 19.30 | ERAS | ER | O. Cooper, The East Coast Water Pipeline excavations |
| Wed. 20th | 19.30 | SDHS | WR | T. Stephens, The Cattledroving Birtwhistles of Craven & Galloway |
| Thu. 21st | 19.30 | OHS | WR | J. Robinson, Raikes Road Burial Ground: a Victorian history of Skipton |
| Sat. 23rd | All Day | WLP/ YAS | ER | Day School, Heroes & Villains |
| Sat. 23rd | 11.00 | IHS | Cl | D. Randon, Mine Surveying – a Brief History |
| Sat 23rd | All Day | ER | 'Heroes and Villains': Day School, all day, Whitby Museum (£15, book via Claremont) Booking Form | |
| Sat 23rd | 19.00 | SDHS | WR | A.G.M. followed by a social |
| Mon. 25th | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | N. Copsey, York House, Yorkersgate and Malton through time |
| Mon 25th | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | Margaret Mosely and Melanie Smith, An illustrated history and flowers of Ox Close, East Keswick |
| Mon. 25th | 20.00 | ELHAS | WR | J. & B. Lawrence, A brief history of Austhorpe |
| Thu. 28th | 19.30 | SCHS | NR | B. Rawson, tbc |
| April | ||||
| Wed. 2nd | 19.15 | TS | WR | A.G.M., followed by R. Yates Church and Town: The ministry of John Gott as Vicar of Leeds 1873-1886 |
| Fri 5th | 19.45 | HDAS | WR | Founders Lecture - M. Heyworth, The role of Local Archaeological Societies in the 21st Century |
| Mon. 8th | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | A.G.M. |
| Mon 8th | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | Annual dinner |
| Tue 9th | 19.00 | NDLHS | NR | Sir Thomas Ingilby, The Ingilbys of Ripley Castle |
| Wed. 10th | 19.30 | RHS | NR | tba |
| Wed. 10th | 19.30 | WHS | WR | S. Tomson, Recent Excavations at Pontefract's Blackfriars |
| Thu. 11th | 19.30 | SCHS | NR | F. King, The Battle of Preston, 1648. |
| Sat. 13th | All day | NYDNP/YAS | NR | Grassington Day School |
| Sat. 13th | 11.00 | FHS | Cl | C. Alvin, A Serious Misfortune Has Occurred (the Bradford Lozenge Poisonings) |
| Sat. 13th | 14.30 | HAS | NR | A.G.M., David Hunt: Knaresborough Castle |
| Sat 13th - Mon 15th | 3 days | YAS/WEA | Cl | Join us for a weekend of community archaeology in association with the WEA Inclusive Archaeology Project. We will be opening a number of small trenches in the Little Woodhouse area of Leeds - come along and find out about surveying, excavation and artefacts. For more information contact Biddy Coghill bcoghill@wea.org.uk or 0113 200 1168 |
| Mon. 15th | 19.30 | IAG | NR | F. Edmonds, Furness Abbey & Daughter Houses: Irish Sea relations in the 12th Century |
| Wed. 17th | 19.30 | ERAS | ER | A.G.M. followed by S. Adams, Where East meets West: Iron Age brooches from Yorkshire and Wales |
| Thu 18th | 19.30 | OHS | WR | Simon Tomson Early Islamic Art & Architecture in Spain |
| Fri. 19th | 19.15 | PDAS | WR | K. Leahy, The Staffordshire Hoard: the first three years |
| Sat. 20th | 13.00 | YAS | WR | Anniversary Lunch, Metropole Hotel, Leeds. Speaker, |
| Mon. 22nd | 19.30 | SAHS | NR | A. Brodie, Scarborough in the 1730’s – spa, sea & sex |
| Mon 22nd | 19.30 | UWFS | NR | Annual General Meeting |
| Wed. 24th | 19.30 | SHS | WR | C. Mansfield, Testament of Youth. |
| Thu. 25th | 19.30 | SCHS | WR | A.G.M., followed by S. Dixon, And 1950’s Fashions. |
| Fri. 26th | 19.15 | PDAS | WR | A.G.M. |
| Sat. 27th | 11.00 | IHS | Cl | A.G.M. – Members presentations |
| Mon. 29th | 20.00 | ELHAS | WR | A. Brook, The Yorkshire Luddites |
| May | ||||
| Wed. 8th | 19.30 | RHS | NR | tba |
| Sat. 11th | 11.00 | FHS | Cl | A.G.M., followed by N. Pullan, Leeds: a Global Shopping Experience in a Victorian City |
| Sat. 11th | All Day | PLACE | tbc | A.G.M. |
| Sun. 12th | 13.00 | IHS | Industrial Walk in Leeds Starting from Black Prince Statue in City Square Maximum of 20 places. To book a place please email Robert Vickers at industrialhistoryvicechair@yas.org.uk |
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| Tue. 14th | YAS/ER Archives | ER | 'Castle to Cottage: House and Home in East Yorkshire' by David Neave | |
| Tue 14th | 19.00 | NDLHS | NR | David Johnson, The Limestone Industry of North Yorkshire |
| Sat. 17th to Mon. 19th | All Day | YVBSG | WR | Annual Recording & Training Weekend in Spen Valley (Gomersall-Birstall area) |
| Sat. 18th | All Day | PLACE | tbc | A.G.M. |
| Mon. 20th | |
IAG | NR | D. Johnson, Visit to Old Middle House, Malham Tarn |
| Wed. 22nd | 19.30 | SHS | WR | M. Buckley, From medieval farm to industrial village – 500 years of Denshaw history. |
| June | ||||
| Sat. 8th | 11.00 | FHS | Cl | S. Haddock, The Leeds College of Music – some early musical recollections |
| Tue 11th | 19.00 | NDLHS | NR | David Petts, Looking for Anglo-Saxon Deira |
| Wed. 12th | 19.30 | RHS | NR | tba |
| Wed. 12th | 19.30 | SHS | WR | A. Petford, Religious dissent in the Parish of Saddleworth. |
| Mon. 17th | |
IAG | NR | A. Lowe, Troutbeck Vernacular Architecture |
| Sat. 22nd | 14.00 | YAS | Cl | Annual YAS Lecture. Dr. Dan Hicks, Lecturer in the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, and Curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum. 'Pitt Rivers and Yorkshire' |
| Mon. 24th | 20.00 | ELHAS | WR | M. Betteridge, Gledhow Valley woods & Friends |
| July | ||||
| Mon. 8th | All Day | YAS/ SANT | NR | 'Catterick Garrison - From Iron Age to Digital
Age' excursion led by Phil Abramson Click here for more information and booking form |
| Tue. 9th | YAS/Museum of North Craven Life | WR | 'Family Stories' exhibition of YAS library and archive collections at The Museum of North Craven Life, The Folly, Settle | |
| Sat 13th | 19.00 | NDLHS | NR | Members-only private guided tour of Gilling Castle & Ampleforth College, with lunch included for £15pp |
| Sat 13th | FHS | Cl | '150 years of genealogy' by Anthony Camp | |
| Thu. 18th | |
IAG | NR | G. Hovell & J. Brophy, The Iron Age (Nidderdale) Project |
| Sat. 20th | 14.00 | YAS | Cl | AGM |
| August | ||||
| Tue 13th | 19.00 | NDLHS | NR | Guided tour of historical Masham |
| Sun. 25th | All Day | YAS/ Went | WR | Wentworth Castle Day School |
| September | ||||
| Sat. 21st | All day | YAS/ NCM | WR | Day School at NCM |
| Sat 28th | 14.00 | YAS | Cl | Yorkshire Collections Lecture: Researching the Bretton Hall Landscape: Finds & Frustrations by K. Lynch |
| October | ||||
| Sat. 12th | All day | PLACE/ YAS | |
Day School |
| Thurs 17th | 19.30 | YAS/OHS | WR | Joint meeting with Olicana Historical Society, All Saints Church, Ilkley 7.30pm. 'The Anglo-Saxon Sculpture of Lower Wharfedale' by Prof Ian Wood |
| Sat 26th | WR | Visit to 'Experience Barnsley' | ||
| November | ||||
| Sat. 9th | All Day | RAS/ YAS | NR | Roman day school |
| Sat 23rd | 10.30 - 3.30 | WCR | Northowram Methodist Chapel |
Launch of volume 16 of the Wakefield Court Roll Publishing Section, the court roll for 1812-13 edited by Dr John Hargreaves, Huddersfield University Speakers include Brian Barber, John Goodhild, John Hargreaves, Professor Paul Harvey, and Professor Edward Royle. £5 includes refreshments, but lunch not provided. Tickets from Kate Taylor, 19 Pinder's Grove, Wakefield, WF1 4AH. |
| Sat 30th | Cl | Musical afternoon at Claremont | ||
There are a number of other events which are still to be finalised will be publicised via Update and enclosures in mailings.
If any member wishes to bring any matter to the attention of the Management Board or the Council, they should contact the Hon. Gen. Secretary at Claremont in writing. Meetings are held regularly and any topic raised will be brought to the attention of the relevant body.