Four local societies take turns to arrange the annual lecture in memory of Frank Elgee. Frank made a tremendous contribution to knowledge of the geology, natural history and archaeology of The North York Moors. He became Assistant Curator and subsequently Curator of the Dorman Museum, Middlesborough, which from 2003 onwards has hosted the annual lecture in his name.
Read more about Mr Elgee here
The 2019 Elgee Memorial Lecture will be given on 7 December at 10:30 by Richard Annis, on Durham and Dunbar: Scottish Soldiers at Palace Green.
Richard Annis is a Senior Archaeologist with Durham University; and has worked on a wide variety of archaeological projects throughout the Northeast of England, Cumbria, Humberside, Yorkshire and Gloucestershire during the past 30 years. More information on the Scottish Soldiers project is available here
The Dorman Museum will open early that day, at 10 am. There is no need to book, although places will be limited. So arrive early if you can, and enjoy the opportunity to meet other people interested in the history of our region
Past lectures are listed below – if you can help fill in the gaps in our listing please email us: teesarchsoc.news@gmail.com
Key: LHS – Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society TAS – Teesside Archaeological Society
CIAS – Cleveland Industrial Archaeology Society CNFC – Cleveland Naturalists Field Club
2.4.1968 No. 1 “SOME BRIGANTIAN PROBLEMS RECONSIDERED”
Richard Feacham (Dorman Museum)
1969/1970 No. 2 ?
15.10.1971 No. 3 “THE ROMANS IN NORTH BRITAIN”
Prof. Eric Birley (Thornaby Pavilion)
1.2.1973 No. 4 “RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGY IN YORK”
Peter Addyman
1.11.1973 No. 5 “IRON AGE BURIALS IN BRITAIN”
Dr. Ian M.Stead (Billingham Art Gallery)
3.1.1975 (for 1974) No. 6 “THE ANGLO-SAXON CHURCH”
Dr. Harold Taylor (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
14.11.1975 No. 7 “THE GARTON SLACK CHARIOT BURIAL”
Tony Brewster (Stockton Library)
29.10.1976 No. 8 “IS THE NORTH-EAST REALLY DIFFERENT? A LOOK AT ITS
INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND SOCIAL HISTORY”
Frank Atkinson (Stockton Library)
1.12.1977 No. 9 “THE PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPE OF THE NORTH YORK YORKSHIRE MOORS
AND A RE-APPRAISAL”
Dr. Ian Simmons (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
1.12.1978 No. 10 “YORKSHIRE ABBEYS”
Dr. Eric Gee (Stockton Library)
6.12.1979 No. 11 “JORVIK AND THE VIKING SETTLEMENT OF YORKSHIRE”
Peter Addyman (Stockton Library)
5.12.1980 No. 12 “VILLAGES OF THE NORTH: AN EXPLORATION”
Brian K.Roberts (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
4.12.1981 No. 13 “COASTAL AND VEGETATIONAL CHANGES IN THE
TEESSIDE AND CLEVELAND AREA ”
Dr. Michael Tooley (Stockton Library)
3.12.1982 No. 14 “EARLY BOATS IN THE NORTH EAST”
Sean McGrail (Stockton Library)
2.12.1983 No. 15 “FROM IRON AGE FARM TO MEDIEVAL MANOR ON THE YORKSHIRE WOLDS: RECENT WORK AT WHARRAM PERCY DESERTED VILLAGE”
Prof. Philip Rahtz (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
7.12.1984 No. 16 “THE VISIBLE LEGACY: VIKING AGE SCULPTURE
TAS IN THE CLEVELAND AREA”
Prof. Richard Bailey (Stockton Library)
6.12.1985 No. 17 “THE STEEL INDUSTRY’S PLACE IN SOCIETY”
CIAS Keith Gale (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
5.12.1986 No. 18 “STUART YORK: CAPITAL OF THE NORTH”
LHS Gordon Forster (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
11.12.1987 No. 19 “A WASTE OF SPACE? MOORLAND PAST AND FUTURE”
TAS Prof. Peter Fowler (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
2.12.1988 No. 20 “SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL”
CNFC Dr. A.Wardhaugh (Stockton Library)
1.12.1989 No. 21 “CURIOSITIES AND RARE THINGS: EARLY MUSEUMS IN YORKSHIRE”
LHS Peter Brears (Stockton Library)
23.11.1990 No. 22 “A BIRD”S EYE VIEW OF NORTH EAST HISTORY”
CIAS Prof. Norman McCord (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
6.12.1991 No. 23 “FOLLOWING THE FLAG: CIVILIANS AND FORTS IN THE ROMAN NORTH”
TAS John Casey (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
27.11.1992 No.24 “HEDGEHOGS”
CNFC Ken Bibby
10.12.1993 No. 25 “LOCAL HISTORY OF THE TEES VALLEY IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES”
LHS Prof. Tony Pollard (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
2.12.1994 No. 26 “THE APOTHEOSIS OF ALKALI”
CIAS Dr. W.A.Campbell (Stockton Library)
8.12.1995 No. 27 “CLEVELAND ANTIQUARIANS”
TAS Blaise Vyner (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
2.12.1996 No. 28 “NATURE LINK”
CNFC Ken Smith (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
5.12.1997 No. 29 “KINGS, NOBLES AND MONASTERIES IN THE KINGDOM OF NORTHUMBRIA”
LHS Prof. David Rollason (Stockton Library)
4.12.1998 No. 30 “THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORTS OF THE DURHAM COALFIELD
CIAS 1825-1865: THE INFLUENCE OF THE RAILWAY COMPANIES”
Robert W.Rennison (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
3.12.1999 No. 31 “ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMIES: A RESOURCE FOR STUDYING DISEASE”
TAS Dr. Rosalie David (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
1.12.2000 No. 32 “ALIEN SPECIES: ENCOURAGEMENT OR ERADICATION”
CNFC Dr. Phil Gates (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
7.12.2001 No. 33 “CHRIST’S POOR MEN IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES”
LHS Dr. Glyn Coppack (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
5.12.2002 No. 34 “WHY STOCKTON-ON-TEES DID NOT BECOME A NEWCASTLE
CIAS NOR LEMINGTON-ON-TYNE A MIDDLESBROUGH”
Dr. Stafford Linsley (L.U.C. Middlesbrough)
5.12.2003 No. 35 “THE SUTTON HOO SHIP BURIAL”
TAS Martin Carver (Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough)
3.12.2004 No. 36 “THE UNIVERSE AROUND US”
CNFC Jack Youdale (Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough)
2.12.2005 No. 37 “THE LAST DAYS OF THE MEDIEVAL MONASTERIES OF THE
LHS NORTH RIDING
Prof. Claire Cross (Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough)
1.12.2006 No. 38 “THE RISE OF THE WHITE LOAF: EVIDENCE FROM THE NORTH OF ENGLAND
CIAS CONFIRMING DEVELOPMENTS IN MILLING IN THE 18TH CENTURY”
John K. Harrison
7.12.2007 No. 39 ROCK ART
TAS Paul Bahn
28.11.2008 No. 40 “NATURE CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE”
CNFC Sir John Lawton
4.12.2009 No. 41 “CANON JOHN C. ATKINSON”
LHS Ian Stubbs
3.12.2010 Cancelled due to heavy snow.
CIAS
9.12.2011 No. 42 “A SIGNAL FAILURE? NEW ANALYSIS OF THE YORKSHIRE
TAS COASTAL FORTLETS (NEE SIGNAL STATIONS”
Dr. Rob Collins
7.12.2012 No. 43 “THE BIG SEA SURVEY”
CNFC Dr. Heather Sugden
7.12.2013 No. 44 “GENTRY AND PEASANT HOUSING IN THE NORTH RIDING
LHS AND COUNTY DURHAM 1300-1750
Barry Harrison
2014
CIAS
1.12. 2015
TAS Prof Colin Haselgrove of the University of Leicester. The Rise and Fall of the Late Iron Age Royal Centre at Stanwick, North Yorkshire.
2016
CNFC
2017
LHS
1.12.2018
CIAS. David Elliott: ‘Building No. 2007, “Prince of Wales” – Britain’s Most Powerful Steam Locomotive’
Teesside Archaeological Society 