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Prehistoric Research in Nidderdale: new free e-book

  • Posted On: 22 April 2018

The Upper Nidderdale Landscape Partnership has published an e-book, available here via their website.

Five Hundred Years of Continuity and Change: Excavation of Iron Age and Romano-British Sites in Upper Nidderdale was written by Jim Brightman, the archaeologist working with the Iron Age Nidderdale Community Archaeology Group. 

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - new website launched

The new ODNB site is launched, with new entries. You can find it here, and Sir David Cannadine's introduction here. It's a subscriber service, though everyone should be able to access it free via their local...

Friday 27 April 2018

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Consultation about North Yorkshire Archives

Kirsty sent me news of the consultation about North Yorkshire Record Office. I urge members, especially those of us who use and love archives, to respond to this. The online survey is here. Being a Grade A cynic, however, this made me jittery....

Sunday 22 April 2018

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In memory of Gordon Forster

The University of Leeds along with the editors of Northern History, the journal so closely associated with Gordon, have announced their plans to commemorate his life's work. An obituary by Simon Green appears in the recent issue,...

Sunday 22 April 2018

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