Projects

St Mary’s, Norton, recording project: 2021- 2022 https://teesarchsoc.com/membership/st-mary-the-virgin-norton/

TAS volunteers recorded 142 monuments at St Mary the Virgin, Norton, churchyard; and researched brief biographies of those interred. This is a historic church, with its beginnings in pre-Norman times and it has remained an important focal point ever since for the local community. Reports available via above link

First World War project 2016-2017 https://teesarchsoc.com/first-world-war/buildings/

site update ongoing – in meantime, use above link to access the page containing the First World War Project reports and images (including the Gazetteer with images)

The TAS programme concentrates on the existing above-ground monuments. So far, following national guidelines, more than 100 monuments have been photographed, measured, described, and inscriptions recorded. Additionally, parish christening, marriage and burial records have been used (among other sources) to research brief biographies.

Belief in the North-East | Ongoing

Belief in the North-East is a new community archaeology project being delivered by the Department of Archaeology at Durham University and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The project aims to work with local people of all ages to explore the rich archaeology of the belief, religion and ritual of North-East England. Ranging from prehistoric rock art to 19th century graveyards, we hope to shed new light on the complex religious beliefs of the past populations of Teesside, County Durham, Tyne and Wear and Northumberland.

Activities involve on-line lectures and expects to engage with future indoor and fieldwork as Covid restrictions allow. You can follow the project and events on Facebook.

ICE & FIRE Eston Hills Rescue Archaeology Project | 2017-18

The Eston Hills dominate today’s industrial landscape of the Tees estuary and the rugged coastline of north-east England. The community moors, wetlands and woodlands are a wildlife haven that also bear testament to human endeavour since the end of the last Ice Age – 12,000 years ago. This is also a fragile landscape at risk from illegal off-roaders and arson.

ICE & FIRE is a community project, funded by Heritage Lottery, which aims to explore, record and celebrate the evidence for over ten thousand years of human life, death, ingenuity and persistence. This rescue archaeology venture is one of a number in Cleveland, south of the Tees.