Apologies for the late notice but the talk on Saturday 13th September has now been cancelled although we hope to reschedule it for later in the year.
Saturday 13th June at 2pm on Zoom
Mary Garrison of York University will be speaking about Alcuin’s World through his letter and verse.
If you are not a member and would like to attend then you will need to contact Jo by the 12th.
The address to use is jo.heronmedsection@gmail.com
Please note that you do NOT have to have a zoom account to join the meeting. When you log in using the link, you will be asked if you have an account or prefer to join using your browser. If need be, you can join by using the Meeting ID and passcode.
Contact Jo if you need the link.
2025 – 2026 Programme
13/09/2025 Mary Garrison Alcuin’s World through his letters and verse
11/10/2025 Julie Hickey tbc
08/11/2025 Marta Cobb Margery Kemp in Yorkshire
13/12/2025 Graham Mitchell Richard, the Northern King
10/01/2026 James Doherty (The 1st Crusade)
14/02/2026 Chris Atkinson (Charcoal burning)
14/03/2026 Jo Buckberry (Black Death skeletons)
11/04/2026 Michaela Zoschg The Wakefield Cross
09/05/2026 AGM and tba
Medieval Section Programme 2025-26
The new programme starts in September and up to Christmas, we have:
13/09/2025 Mary Garrison Alcuin’s World through his Letters and Verse
11/10/2025 Julia Hickey Border reivers, Tudor period?
08/11/2025 Marta Cobb Margery Kempe in Yorkshire
13/12/2025 Graham Mitchell Richard, the Northern King
In January, we continue with lectures on charcoal burning research, black death skeletons and, hopefully, the 1st crusade. We also have a meeting with a curator from the Victoria & Albert Museum on the Wakefield Cross, see below:The 12th-Century Ivory Carving (The Deposition from the Cross)
What it is: A rare and valuable 12th-century ivory carving depicting Joseph of Arimathea lifting Christ’s body from the cross.
Discovery: Rediscovered in 1769, hidden in a house on Northgate, Wakefield, since the Reformation.
Current Location/Significance: Recently made headlines when its owners sought to sell it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for £2 million, leading to a UK export ban and a national effort to raise the funds to keep it in Britain, with the Victoria and Albert Museum eventually acquiring it.
Message from the editor of Medieval Yorkshire
“Medieval Yorkshire is the journal of the Medieval Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society. We are always looking for new submissions to the journal. If you are interested in publishing, please contact the editor at <medyorks.editor@yahs.org.uk >. Similarly, if you hear an interesting lecture on the subject of Medieval Yorkshire and a related subject why don’t you suggest to the speaker to have this published in Medieval Yorkshire”
So if you see or hear anything that could be of interest to the rest of the Section, please feel free to let us know.
Saturday 7th June, 2025 at 2pm on Zoom
Tom Pickles will be talking about the early Christian churches and landscapes in Yorkshire.
This will be followed by the AGM
If you are not a member and would like to attend then you will need to contact Jo by the 6th.
The address to use is jo.heronmedsection@gmail.com
Please note that you do NOT have to have a zoom account to join the meeting. When you log in using the link, you will be asked if you have an account or prefer to join using your browser. If need be, you can join by using the Meeting ID and passcode.
Contact Jo if you need the link.
No meeting this month
Sorry but due to illness, we are having to cancel the next meeting. Hopefully we may be able to rearrange next season.
The following meeting will on Saturday 7th June – having been moved to accommodate the YAHS AGM on 14th. The speaker will be Tom Pickles on Early Christian Churches & Landscapes in Yorkshire (AD 400-1100). It will be followed by the AGM.
Saturday 5th April, 2025 at 2pm on Zoom
Our next meeting will be Alex Harvey, speaking about the Vikings in Yorkshire. This is a topic we have not really looked at for a couple of years, so it will be useful to get an update on the progress of research.
If you are not a member and would like to attend then you also will need to contact Jo by the 4th.
The address to use is jo.heronmedsection@gmail.com
Please note that you do NOT have to have a zoom account to join the meeting. When you log in using the link, you will be asked if you have an account or prefer to join using your browser. If need be, you can join by using the Meeting ID and passcode.
Contact Jo if you need the link.
Date change
The June lecture will now be held one week earlier, on the 7th, to avoid a clash with YAHS AGM.
Plus a reminder that the April lecture has always been a week earlier than usual on the 5th.
| 05/04/2025 | Alex Harvey | Viking in Yorkshire |
| 10/05/2025 | Glyn Coppack | Bridlington Priory |
| 07/06/2025 | Tom Pickles | Early Christian churches & Landscaapes in Yorkshire (AD 400-1100) |
Medieval Section lecture on Saturday 8th March, 2025 at 2pm on Zoom
Adam Cook will be speaking on Identity In Yorkshire & Northumberland, 1066-1216.
If you are not a member and would like to attend then you also will need to contact Jo by the 7th.
The address to use is jo.heronmedsection@gmail.com
Please note that you do NOT have to have a zoom account to join the meeting. When you log in using the link, you will be asked if you have an account or prefer to join using your browser. If need be, you can join by using the Meeting ID and passcode.
Contact Jo if you need the link.
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