Current Activities | What's New
The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne is the country’s oldest provincial antiquarian society, founded in 1813. For nearly two centuries, through our meetings and publications, the Society has encouraged a deeper understanding of the history and archaeology of north-eastern England.
We have a thriving membership and new members are always welcome - both professionals working in the field, and non-professionals who are interested in the antiquities and local history of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne. Here are details of subscription rates and the membership package provided, and here is the programme of events for 2009.
Activities July - September 2009
- 11th July, Country meeting Bowhill House and Park (near Selkirk)
- 13 July Summer Walk - Dan Smith's Newcastle. Meet Guildhall, Sandhill, 7 pm
- 27 July Summer Walk - Charles Avison's Newcastle. Meet Central Station portico 7 pm
- 29 July Monthly meeting Peter Ryder, New light on Durham churches
- 8 to 15 Aug Hadrian's Wall Pilgrimage
- 26 Aug Monthly meeting Alan Biggins Geophysical Survey on Hadrian's Wall
- 5-6 Sept Joint Visit to Hadrian's Wall with Glasgow Archaeological Society
- 6 Sept Country Walk Brusselton Incline and the railway works at Shildon.
- 19th Sept, Country Meeting Middleham Castle and Easby Abbey, North Yorkshire;
- 30 Sept Monthly meeting Jonathan Shipley, Concealed communities; marginality in the Upper Coquet and College Valleys
- Click here for details of the rest of the 2009 programme.
What's New
- Congratulations to David Breeze on his OBE
- News Bulletin 46 now published
- Lindow Man coming to Tyneside
- Programme and booking form for Research Day, 17 October 2009
- Great North Museum now open; Donors to our appeal for seating
- Booking for the Pilgrimage of Hadrian's Wall 2009
- Our library has moved to the Great North Museum. Volunteers needed!
What is on this site
This website includes
- information for new and potential members, and contact details for the Society.
- a summary of the history of the Society, including details about our involvement with the Castle Keep, the Black Gate, and the Great North Museum. There is also material about our acquisitions, collections, and archives, and links to the separate websites run by the other organisations involved;
- material about our annual learned journal, Archaeologia Aeliana, including an index of recent volumes and important information for those wishing to submit articles, and also information about our other publications;
- details of our programme of monthly lectures for the coming year.
- details of Country Meetings, Time Walks, and other events in which the Society is involved, including the week-long Pilgrimage of Hadrian’s Wall to be held in 2009.
- other news about the Society, including current and past issues of the News Bulletin, published twice a year in June and December.
- information about the Library at the Black Gate, which houses the Society’s thirty thousand books. New acquisitions in 2007 are listed here; and
- an extensive series of links to other websites covering topics of historical and archaeological interest, both local and national
See the site map for further details.