News
- The deadline for Archaeologia Aeliana 2022 submissions is the end of January. If any aspiring authors are concerned they might miss this deadline, please e-mail the editor in advance to discuss whether a later submission can be accommodated. This is to ensure the editorial team can plan the overall length of the journal, and reserve space for forthcoming work.
- Voting closes for this year’s Current Archaeology Awards on 7 Feb. Nominees include;
- For Archaeologist of the Year, Dr Peter Halkon, whose recent work has been mainly in Yorkshire.
- For Book of the Year; Matthew Symonds, Hadrian’s Wall: creating division
- For Research Project of the Year; Bridge over troubled water: Roman finds from the Tees at Piercebridge and beyond, Hella Eckardt and Philippa Walton
Books and Resources
- Our member Peter Ryder has been very busy over the last 12 months, publishing the results of his years of research on Northumberland’s historic buildings;
- Reading the Fabric: An investigative guide to the medieval churches of Northumberland, published in February by his own imprint Broomlee Publications;
- Monastic Sites in Northumberland, published in October also by Broomlee; and
- Towers & Bastles - Defensible Buildings in Northumberland, published in December by Northern Heritage Services.
Order from Broomlee Publications by e-mailing publications@broomlee.org, and from Northern Heritage via their website.
- The Archaeology of Earthquakes is a recent lecture by Professor Chris Gerrard of Durham University, posted to YouTube by Roads to the Past. Recommended by our colleagues at AASDN.
- Two of our members have recently published books about local history, making use of our archives;
- The Blacketts; A Northern Dynasty’s Rise, Crisis and Redemption, by Greg Finch, from Tyne Bridge Publishing, is available from them, £20 (plus p & p).
- Newcastle upon Tyne: Mapping the City, by Mike Barke, Anthony Chamption and the late Brian Robson, from Scottish publisher Birlinn, is available on order, £30.
Deaths
- Our former President Beryl Charlton died in early July this year. Her memorial service will be at Elsdon Parish Church at 2.00 on Saturday 25 September and afterwards at the Redesdale Arms. Denis Peel has asked that reminiscences of her from members be sent to him at gdpeel@btinternet.com, for him to co-ordinate and pass on to Beryl’s niece who will be giving the eulogy.Obits will appear in the News Bulletin and Archaeologia Aeliana.
- Our former treasurer and Holding Trustee David Hide died in August. His funeral will be on Friday 10 September, with a private cremation in the morning, and a service at 2.30 in the afternoon at All Saints Church Gosforth, with refreshments afterwards. All are welcome. It will be an informal occasion, and please don't wear black. No flowers, donations to the Diocese of Newcastle or Christian Aid.
For biographical details of many our deceased members, going back to the earliest history of the Society, follow this link for the SANT Biographical Directory. This document was first put together, with considerable research, by Barbara Harbottle, and is being kept up to date now by Sue Ward. Any comments, additional material, and references (in print or on the web) will be gratefully received by her.
