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Anglo-Scottish Spiritual and Material Economies in the 1649-50 Newcastle Witch Hunt

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Location iconLecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

In 1649, at the behest of petitioners, a Scottish witchfinder was commissioned by Newcastle upon Tyne’s councilmen to search the town’s suspects for devil’s marks.

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An excavated World War II air raid shelter in a green garden.
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The Spy in a Berwick Garden

Presenter iconLindsay Allason-Jones
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Location iconLecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

Book signing afterwards, for Lindsay Allason-Jones' book of the same name.

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A small steam train emerges from a stone-built shed with black wooden doors.
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New Shildon: an exploration of a pioneering railway town fuelled by coal

Presenter iconMarcus Jecock and Lucy Jessop
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Location iconLecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

Join Marcus Jecock and Lucy Jessop as they explore the central role of New Shildon in the story of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, and the story of railway history in general.

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An aerial view across a green upland landscape with Roman remains.
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[Annual Public Lecture] Last line of defence? Excavating the Roman frontier at Magna fort

Presenter iconRachel Frame
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Location iconCurtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

The Magna Project is a five-year research project investigating the Roman fort of Magna, on Hadrian’s Wall, and its surrounding landscape.

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Weaving a Story: A North Northumberland Early-Middle Anglo-Saxon site with later links to the Viking Great Army

Presenter iconJane Harrison
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Location iconLecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

Unfortunately technical problems prevented us recording or live-streaming this lecture. We are sorry about this but grateful for our members' understanding.

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A view of the grassed ditch and banks of the Antonine Wall near Falkirk.
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The design and construction of the Antonine Wall

Presenter iconBill Hanson
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Location iconLecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
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An Anglo-Saxon stone carving depicting two people, one with a crown.
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The Mercian Chronicles: a southern window on Early Medieval Northumbria

Presenter iconMax Adams
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Location iconLecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
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A black and white photograph of an early steam train with passengers in open cars.
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A whistle-stop tour down the Stockton & Darlington Railway: stories and points of interest along the route of the 1825 main line

Presenter iconEric Branse-Instone
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Location iconLecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

Eric Branse-Instone discusses the history and significance of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

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Summer Social at Ballast Hills Burial Ground and Brinkburn Brewery

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Ballast Hills Burial Ground and Brinkburn Brewery

This included a guided walk and presentation about the Burial Ground, and a performance from group Beneath This Ground.

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A black and white photograph of a large ocean liner from the early 20th century.
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Carpathia - the Tyne-built ship which rescued the Titanic survivors

Presenter iconKen Smith
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Location iconLecture Room 2, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
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