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

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.