March 2025

• 6 Mar, 7.30, Collingwood’s Newcastle, John Grundy, 2025 Annual Collingwood Lecture, Miller Theatre, Royal Grammar School, Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle NE2 4DX. A Collingwood Society event, £3 for non-members, no need to book. Follow this link for their 2025 programme.
• 7 Mar, 7.30, Digging Up Newcastle, ‘a one act comedy, set in 4040. It sees a young couple excavating a site full of twenty first century relics’. Alphabetti Theatre, St James' Boulevard, Newcastle NE1 4HP. Tickets £3-£15. Follow this link to book.
• 8 Mar, 10.00-22.00, One Man Conference: Discovering Ancient Houses, James Wright, online, must book via Eventbrite, donations requested
• 8 Mar, 2.00-4.30, Beginnings at Naqada and Endings at Quesna, and The creatures and features of Djed-hor, two lectures by Dr Joanne Rowland (Edinburgh Univ), Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, Durham DH1 3TH, and online. Rescheduled North East Ancient Egypt Society lecture. £5 in-person or online, contact neaesoc@googlemail.com for payment details.
• 11 Mar, 7.30, Grainger Town: the Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of Richard Grainger, John North, Hexham Local History Society lecture, Trinity Methodist Church, Beaumont Street, Hexham, NE46 3LS. £2 for non-members, including tea and coffee.
• 12 Mar, 6.00, Places to Play: South Shields’ Marine Park, Abigail Carr, Last of a series of online Gardens Trust lectures, £8 (£6 for Gardens Trust members), must book via Eventbrite.
• 15 Mar, 2.30, Defining Spaces in Iron Age Northumberland: Excavations at Morley Hill and Lower Callerton, Josh Gaunt and Claire Christie, Headland Archaeology. AASDN lecture, Elvet Riverside building, New Elvet, Durham. Free, no need to book.
• 22 Mar, 10.00-4.30, County Durham Archaeology Day, Bishop Auckland Town Hall, Market Place, Bishop Auckland, County Durham DL14 7NP. £12 without lunch, £25 with lunch. Follow this link to book.
• 22 Mar, 11.00, The Rocks at the Edge of the Empire, Ian Jackson, Segedunum Roman Fort, Buddle Street, Wallsend, NE28 6HR. Friends of Segedunum lecture, £3 to visitors. Refreshments available from 10.30.
• 27 Mar, 5.00, You Will Be Stumped: Puzzling Portrayals of Inscriptions & Antiquarian Societies in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Dr Abigail Graham FSA, Society of Antiquaries of London lecture, in-person and online, free but must pre-register. (It will also be recorded and available on their YouTube channel).
• 27 Mar, 5.30-6.30, Twilight Talk, Noble, Ryals and Bezants: An introduction to Medieval Coinage, Dr Craig Barclay (Durham Univ), Learning Centre, Palace Green Library, Durham. Free but must book.

• 28 Mar-31 Mar, Roman Army School, Collingwood College, Durham University. Follow this link for details. £144 for full lecture programme, £45 for optional excursion, £170 for ensuite accommodation in the college.
• 29 Mar,  Remembering the Montagu Pit Disaster, 10.30, drop-in event at St Margaret’s Church in Scotswood, with a service of commemoration at 2.00 to mark the centnary of the Montagu Pit Disaster in Scotswood when the pit flooded on 30 March 1925, killing 38 men and boys. Follow this link for more information.
• 29 Mar, Hadrian’s Wall Networking Day, Patterson Suite, Carlisle Racecourse, Durdar Road, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 4TS. Hadrian’s Wall Partnership event.
• 29 Mar, 9.30, AGM of County Durham Forum for History & Heritage, including opening speech by John Grundy. Bowburn Community Centre, Durham Road, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5AT. Details of further talks and displays during the day will be available nearer the time.

Follow this link for later months, in the  Calendar of Future Events