Programme 2010
10th and 11th July, 2010 Adel Church and its setting
Adel Church is known internationally as a remarkably complete 12th century church. This weekend will examine the church in its setting: the influences that dictated settlement around the church from the Roman period, the significance of medieval land holding and an assessment of the church, its ornamentation and their wider significance. Sunday will explore the church in its landscape.
A weekend study course of the Medieval Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, in association with the Roman Antiquities Section of the yorkshire ARchaeological Society and the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds.
Programme 2009
16th and 17th May, 2009 Castles: Landscapes
of Power
a day school and visit(s) held in association with the Royal
Archaeological Institute.
A review of current research into the social and physical settings
of castles in Yorkshire and beyond.
On Saturday 16th May there will be a conference at
the Tempest Anderson Hall in the Yorkshire Museum, York, topics will
include Sherrif Hutton Castle, Windsor Castle and its designed landscape,
Dunstanburgh Castle, and the castles of Edward I in North Wales, and
their landscape settings.
On Sunday 17th May there will be trips to Sherrif Hutton Castle .
The cost will be dependant on whether members/individuals book for one
or both days.
Details
Saturday 12th December AGM, Christmas Party and Lecture
The annual gathering has proved popular with members over the years,
mixing the formality of the AGM with the social side of the Christmas
Party which is held immediately after the AGM, followed by a lecture
by someone of national stabding. Members and guests are welcome to attend
even though they were unable to attend the AGM.
This year the lecture will be :-
Norton Conyers Hall and its Landscape
Speakers:- Stephen Moorhouse and Peter Ryder
Programme 2008
Saturday 10th May The Medieval Landscape of Malham
This day school will examine how the medieval landscape of the village
and township of Malham can be understood. The important influence of
Fountains Abbey and Bolton Priory, who held respectively the manors
of West Malham and East Malham township, will be explored. Malham village
looks like a normal single village, but the influence of the two monastic
hoursed created two separate villages either side of the Malham Beck
with very different and distinctive plans. The remains of these villages,
earthworks and standing structures will be explored through a field
visit in the afternoon.
Details
Report
Saturday 25th October Field Systems through Time:
Prehistory to Modern
This day school follows the extremely successful one held at Northallerton
last year on the origin of North Yorkshire towns when 260 people attended.
The day school will examine the types of field systems found across
the county from prehistoric times to the present day, by looking at
their form and date range, examined by some of the country's leading
authorities. Themes to be considered include: the idea of field systems,
field systems from the air, coaxial systems, the structure of medieval
townships systems, the enclosure of field systems and the content of
field systems through time as revealed through field survey. The idea
is to look at the forms of field sytem rather than consider them by
chronological archaeological period. This is the first of a trilogy
of day schools which will look at the field systems (2008), settlements
(2009) and communications (2010). It is hoped that the papers presented
at all three day schools will be published as joint proceedings, thus
providing an important insight for current knowledge on the main elements
of our historic landscape in the county.
Details
Saturday 6th December AGM, Christmas Party and Lecture
This annual festive gathering has proved popular with members over the years, mixing the formality of the AGM with the social side of the Christmas Party, culminating in a lecture by someone of national standing. This year Peter Brears, the former curator of Leeds City Museum, renowned authority on medieval food and its preparation and author of many books on the subject, will give the lecture. His in depth knowledge of food preparation has allowed him to interpret the traditional views of areas of food preparation in some of our major surviving medieval structures. This will be covered in his lecture, which is titled 'Medieval food and its preparation in Yorkshire'.
Claremont, Leeds: 2:00 [AGM]; 2:30 [Tea]; 3:00 [Lecture]