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News
- We award a small number of research grants each year, and the deadline for applications for this year’s grants is 30 November 2025. Follow this link for details and for the application form on our website.
- The organisers of this year’s Heritage Open Days have published their Festival Impact Review online, and they have also given notice of the dates for next year, 11-20 Sept 2026.
- A bronze sculpture honouring Mary Ann Macham, an escaped enslaved woman who made a new life in North Shields, has been installed overlooking the Fish Quay there. It was unveiled by Beverley Prevatt Goldstein, co-ordinator of the African Lives in Northern England project with whom we have been proud to work. You can see a digital copy of the story of Mary Ann Macham’s life (published 1939), here.
- Congratulations to our member Chris Ferguson, Museum & Project Director of the Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon Museum & Distillery in Wooler, on his election as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Books and Resources
- The Spy in A Berwick Garden, Lindsay Allason-Jones and Phil Rowett, published by Northumberland Archives, £9.99 + p and p. This will be the topic of our January lecture by Lindsay, with a book signing afterwards.
- The Diary of W. G. Footitt, Architectural Draughtsman of Durham, 1897-1914, edited by Michael Johnson, published Surtees Society. £80, but 40% off for those who buy online before April 30, 2026. It is also available as an e-book; follow this link for details.
Recent Deaths
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Dr Tom Yellowley died 29 July 2025 at the age of 87. He had been a member since 1991, and was the author or co-author of a number of books about the region, working in particular with Ken Smith to provide superb photographs. He was also active in the Northern Architectural History Society.
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Our longstandng member Stafford Linsley died in late November. He first joined in 1990, and was a leading figure in the fields of industrial archaeology, and the North East's history.
For biographical details of deceased members, going back to the earliest history of the Society, follow this link for the Biographical Directory. A chronological list of members was also compiled as part of the Centenary volume in 1913. Follow this link to see it on the ADS archive.
