2018 Programme

31 January, 6.00, Anniversary Meeting and Lecture, The saint and the devil: St Cuthbert
and the Vikings, Max Adams. Follow this link for a report of the meeting in the June 2018 News Bulletin

 28 Feb, Monthly Meeting, Northumberland and its Names c.1860 — New light from the Ordnance Survey Name Books, Diana Whaley. Cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, and rescheduled for 30 January 2019.

28 Mar, Monthly Meeting, A frontier and community in transition: The Tungrian Vindolanda, Andrew Birley, Follow this link for a report of the meeting in the June 2018 News Bulletin

25 April, 6.00, AGM and Lecture, Scotland’s Law Lords v. Northumbrians Behaving Badly - a look at crossborder crime, Margaret Fox. Follow this link for a report of the meeting in the June 2018 News Bulletin

12 May, Country Meeting, Kiplin Hall, near Richmond

19 May, Country Walk, The Roman Circle Line, led by Marta Alberti. Circular walk taking in the Roman Army Museum and Vindolanda.

30 May, 6.00, Monthly Meeting, Tyne after Tyne: An Environmental History of a River's Battle for Protection. Follow this link for a report of the meeting in the December 2018 News Bulletin

27 June, 6.00, Monthly Meeting, The North East Coast Exhibition 1929, John Griffiths. Follow this link for a report of the meeting in the December 2018 News Bulletin

2 July, 7.00, Summer Walk; Dobson's Newcastle, leader John Sadler

16 July, 7.00, Summer Walk: Saltwell Park, Leader Anthea Lang

23 July, 7.00, Summer Walk: Preston Park, leader John Griffiths

25 July, 6.00, Monthly Meeting, John Clayton: Excavator, Collector and Conservator, Frances McIntosh. Follow this link for a report of the meeting in the December 2018 News Bulletin

29 August, 6.00, William Corbett’s bookshop: a seventeenth-century Newcastle bookseller and his books, Claire Boreham, Follow this link for the website Claire has created, on which you can browse the shelves of his shop.Follow this link for a report of the meeting in the December 2018 News Bulletin

1 September, Walk, Newcastle's Ancient Hospitals, led by Lawrence Bryson.

26 September, Collecting at Alnwick Castle: engraved gems in the collection of the Duke of Northumberland, Claudia Wagner.  Follow this link for a report of the meeting in the December 2018 News Bulletin

31 Oct, Public Lecture,  The Great Wall Story — the way I have discovered it, William Lindesay. Follow this link for a report of the meeting in the December 2018 News Bulletin

28 Nov, Brinkburn and Warkworth: a search for lost landholdings of St Cuthbert, Colm O’Brien.

Follow this link for previous years' programmes