Reminder about our next event – next weekend on Sunday 27th July! 1430 start time. What Lies Beneath Green Hammerton? Roman Road Dig: The Results! As part of The CBA Festival of Archaeology we are delighted to invite you to a talk by Dr Andrew Woods and Chris Holloway. Come and discover what we found during our recent community dig led by Community Archaeologist Dr Jon Kenny. The past beneath your feet! This talk will…
In 2007, a Roman period lead-lined coffin was discovered at Hundayfield Farm, Grafton. This discovery lead to a large-scale landscape and geophysical survey of the surrounding area, prior to a 12 month programme of excavation. In this talk, Dr Nick Wilson will discuss the results of his research which looked at how the nearby Roman period settlement of Isurium Brigantum (Aldborough) influenced both the organisation of the landscape and the social changes which occurred there.…
Bedale Archaeology and History Society Bedale Archaeology & History Society’s next meeting will be at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 6 May, when Rev. Dr Greg Hoyland FRSA FHEA will talk on St Hild and the Synod of Whitby. It will be a hybrid, held both face-to-face in Bedale Hall and on Zoom. Members have been sent the link. Non-members may attend for a fee of £3 payable in cash on the door or by bank transfer to Sort Code 40 35 03 Account no 2144 7394, using your…
On Friday 28th February we’re hosting our first event of 2025; come and learn about the mystery of the Roman Knaresborough Hoard – local history on your doorstep! In 1864 the country’s largest ever discovery of late Roman copper-alloy vessels was made near Knaresborough. Recent work by a team based at Newcastle University, in collaboration with the Yorkshire Museum, has led to fresh understanding of this amazing hoard. Prof James Gerrard, an archaeologist based at…
Join us for our next event on Tuesday 19th November from 1930 at Green Hammerton Village Hall. Beyond Viking Yorkshire – Alex Harvey When the Great Heathen Army conquered York in 866, what effect did this have on the hinterlands of the city? How did the local folk of pre-Yorkshire react? What, even, was Yorkshire like at this time, long before the shirring system divided the lands into the county we know (and love) today?…
As part of the CBA Festival of Archaeology we are holding a walking tour to share more about the archaeology and history of the Green Hammerton parish. The walk will be on Sunday 21st July starting at 2pm beginning outside the Green Hammerton Village Social Club. It will last around an hour followed by a short session back at the club showing some of our finds so far. Cost is £5pp with under 12s free…
We’re very lucky to have Tony Hunt (former Chair of the Council for British Archaeology in Yorkshire and currently supporting research attached to the Archaeological Department of Hull University) coming to talk to us about the use of drones and multispectral imagery in archaeology. It will be held at The Village Club on Wednesday 13th March with the talk starting at 1930. Entry will be £3 and hot drinks and biscuits will be provided. Tony…
We’ve got exciting news from the GHAS committee – there’s an upcoming chance to get hands on in our search for the Green Hammerton Roman Road! We have permission with the landowner for a surface survey of the field between Ambretone Park and Helenfield. This has been organised around the current crop rotation so our access window is very limited. Consequently on Sunday 24th September we’re asking for your support in doing a field walk to look…
These events are not GHAS events, but of probable interest to those locally who have an interest in archaeology. On the 29th of September at 7.00pm Little Ouseburn Village Hall, the award winning author Harry Pearson will be giving a presentation about the Battle of Old Byland. This was a significant battle fought in 1322 during the Scottish Wars of Independence, between the forces of King Edward II of England and King Robert I (˜the…
I’ll be re-running our January talk on the archaeology research that we’ve done on Green Hammerton on Monday 12th June. This will be one of the Kirk Hammerton History Society monthly talks. So if you didn’t manage to attend the first time, or you would like to hear it again, please join us from 1930 onwards at the village hall in Kirk Hammerton.