October 2024
- 1 Oct, 7.00, Durham County and its Turnpike Roads, David Butler, County Durham Forum for History and Heritage talk, online via Zoom, free. For further details, e-mail yb2u15@gmail.com.
- 2 Oct, 7.00, John Collingwood Bruce and the Making of Modern Hadrian’s Wall, David Breeze at Newcastle Cathedral, St Nicholas Square, NE1 1PF. Must book, pay as you wish.
- 6 Oct, 2.30, The Emergence and Development of Art in The Palaeolithic; the Evolution of Mortuary Practices through the Ages, Prof Paul Pettit (Durham Univ), These are this year’s pair of David Dippie Dixon lectures, refreshments available in the interval. Jubilee Hall, Bridge Street, Rothbury, Northumberland, NE65 7SD. Free, no booking needed.
- 8 Oct, 7.30, Impressed - you will be! Susan Lynn, Trinity House, Broad Chare, Newcastle NE1 3DQ. Collingwood Society lecture, £3 for non-members, light refreshments available. Follow this link for their 2024 events diary.
- 8 Oct, 7.30, The Enemy Within: WW1 Aliens in the North East, Rosie Serdiville and Silvie Fisch, Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Beaumont Street, Hexham. Hexham Local History Society talk, small payment for non-members. Follow this link to see their programme of talks for 2024.
- 8 Oct, 7.30, Beyond Viking Yorkshire, Alex Harvey, CBA Yorkshire Fireside Chat online, free, no need to register in advance.
- 11 Oct, 1.00, William Thomas: a career worth remembering, lecture by Les Turnbull, Lit and Phil, Westgate Road, Newcastle. William Thomas was a founding member of both the Lit and Phil and Newcastle Antiquaries. Free but must book, open to all.
- 11 Oct, 7.30, Young Elizabeth, Nicola Tallis, Alnwick Castle (Iron Railings entrance in Castle Square). £12, must book in advance.
- 12 Oct, 9.30-4.15, The Anglo-Scottish Border Region and the Northern World from the Viking Age to 1500, day conference organised by Lancaster University’s Regional Heritage Centre, open to all. £32, includes tea and coffee. Tullie House Museum, Carlisle. Must book via their website.
- 12 Oct, 11.00, Aldwin’s Mission and the End of the Old North, Dr Neil McGuigan (Univ of St Andrews), Bede Museum, Church Bank, Jarrow, NE32 3DY. Part of Friends of the World of Bede autumn lecture series, on Jarrow 950: the Monastic Revival in Northumbria. Museum entry charges apply (unless you’re a Friend), but no need to book, light refreshments available beforehand. Follow this link to see the flyer for the full programme.
- 12 Oct, 1.30-2.30, African Lives in Northern England: explore our hidden history, ‘virtual walk’ by the African Lives in Northern England Project around Newcastle City Centre. Bewick Hall, City Library, New Bridge Street, Newcastle. Free, must book via Eventbrite.
- 12 Oct, 2.30, Bishop Auckland Heritage Action Zone, Jules Brown (Historic England), AASDN lecture, Elvet Riverside building, New Elvet, Durham. Free, no need to book.
- 17 Oct, 7.00, A flautist? A fiddler? A politician's gardener? Dr Amélie Anderson on the family of musician William Henderson. Northumberland Archives online talk. Free, must register in advance. NB, click on the box labelled 'General Admission 2', and not the one labelled 'General Admission', where it says the lecture is sold out).
- 18 Oct, 6.00, Executions at Newcastle Gaol, Dr Patrick Low, Newcastle Castle talk, Harbottle Suite, Floor 2, The Black Gate, £7, must book in advance.
- 19 Oct, 9.00-4.00, The Prehistory of Northern England, Tees Archaeology Conference, Stockton Library, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1TU. £25 (£15 students) including refreshments and buffet lunch. Further details tba.
- 19 Oct-2 Nov, 7.00-9.30 each evening, PHOENIX, a new light and sound installation illuminating York Minster to commemorate the fire of 1984. £7.50 (£25 for family ticket), must book.
- 19 Oct, 11.00 (refreshments available from 10.30), German and Scandinavian North East Merchants, Daniel Riddell, Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend. Friends of Segedunum talk, £3 for non-members.
- 24 Oct, 5.30-6.30, Tales from Conservation: Surveying Collection Storage, Durham Museum of Archaeology conservation team talk about how they go about this. 7 Owengate, Durham, DH1 3HB, free but must book via Eventbrite. One of the Museum’s series of Twilight Talks.
- 26 Oct, ‘Voluntary Poverty and the Rejection of the World’: the Monastic Context of Aldwin’s Refoundation of Jarrow, Prof Janet Burton (Univ of Wales, Trinity St David), Bede Museum, Church Bank, Jarrow, NE32 3DY, see above (12 Oct) for details.
- 27 Oct, 6.00, The Town Plague and the Country Plague, D G Fitzgerald, Newcastle Castle talk, Harbottle Suite, Floor 2, The Black Gate, £7, must book in advance.
- 29 Oct, 10.00-11.30, Castle Howard, Sally Jeffrey, part of a series of online talks from The Gardens Trust, launching their book Unforgettable Gardens. £8, must book via Eventbrite.
Calendar of future events