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The Architectural and Archaeological Society of
Durham and Northumberland
Committee Members
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Richard Annis
President
Richard is a recently retired Senior Archaeologist with Archaeological Services Durham University. He has worked in commercial archaeology in the North-East for 20 years.
Before that, he was employed by local authority archaeological units in Cleveland, Humberside and Cumbria, and spent some time working with English Heritage
on Hadrian’s Wall. Nowadays, most of Richard’s projects involve the recording and analysis of buildings. He has produced reports on more than 200 historic
structures, from bastles to breweries and castles to cow byres.
Email: archandarch.dandn@gmail.com
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Adrian Green
Past President
Adrian is a Lecturer in History at Durham University. He first came to Durham in 1995 to study for an MA in Archaeology, and his PhD at Durham University was jointly in History and
Archaeology on ‘Houses and Households in Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne, c.1570-1730.’ Adrian’s interest in Durham’s history, archaeology and architecture now ranges across the fifteenth
to nineteenth centuries, with a particular interest in the housing of the region – from pitmen’s cottages to bishop’s palaces. He provided an introduction to the Durham Hearth Tax
(British Record Society, 2006), and is now editing a volume in the same series on Northumberland and Newcastle upon Tyne. Adrian is also Secretary of the Durham Heritage Centre and Museum.
Email: a.g.green@durham.ac.uk
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Julie Biddlecombe-Brown
Vice President
Julie is Curator at Raby Castle. She has worked in archaeology and museums for over 25 years and was previously the Exhibitions Curator at Durham University’s
Palace Green Library. Before that she was Heritage and Culture Team Manager for Durham County Council after a number of other curatorial and museum development
posts across the UK. Julie took up the post at Raby Castle in early 2019 and now spends most of her spare time reading about castle architecture,
diverse collections and the families connected with Raby whose lives have shaped both the north-east and the nation.
Email: Julie.Biddlecombe-Brown@raby.co.uk
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Jennifer Morrison
Honorary Secretary
Jenny is a senior archaeologist for the Environment Agency. She studied archaeology at Newcastle and Durham Universities. Jenny has previously been
the Secretary then President of Northumberland Archaeological Group,
Secretary of CBA North and Secretary of the Buildings Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. Jenny was also a
former committee member for the North East Ancient Egypt Society.
Email: archandarch.dandn@gmail.com
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Simon Alderson
Honorary Treasurer
As a self-employed accountant with two archaeology degrees and (slowly) ongoing PhD research into the archaeology of the English medieval Jewellery, the position of treasurer
for the AASDN was probably inevitable. Simon comes from Consett, most famous for its iron and steel works and he lives beside Beamish Museum, so he also has a passing interest
in the region's industrial heritage.
Email: simon@simonalderson.co.uk
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David Mason
Honorary Editor
David is currently Principal Archaeologist in the Archaeology Section, Durham County Council. He previously worked in an archaeological consultancy in the private sector and before that
for many years in the Archaeology Service of Chester City Council. He was general secretary of Chester Archaeological Society for over ten years and director of its
fieldwork research projects. His special interests/expertise are: Roman military archaeology; Roman engineering and architecture; the Flavian emperors, and also early
medieval archaeology in Wales and northern England. He has authored numerous excavation reports and journal articles, was co-editor of Research Framework for Hadrian's Wall,
and three books for Tempus Publishing.
Email: david.mason@durham.gov.uk
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Erik Matthews
Assistant Secretary – Fieldwork
Erik has been actively involved in archaeology since the Sixth Form at Secondary School. His research interests cover the archaeology of the standing building,
specifically high status Medieval structures such as Castles and Manorial sites. He has been involved in the restoration of Hornby Castle near Bedale over the past four years and
has had two short papers published in relation to Hornby and work undertaken at Harlsey Castle near Northallerton in the Journal of the Castle Studies Group 2007.
He also has an interest in the archaeology of the Linen Textile Industry and unsuccessfully campaigned against the partial demolition of a linen weaving mill
in Brompton North Yorkshire in 2004.
Email: rubyna.matthews@btinternet.com
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Gary Bankhead MPhil(Dunelm)
Assistant Secretary – Website/Social Media
Gary is an amateur underwater archaeologist, small finds researcher and illustrator, author, television presenter and a Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University.
Gary's current main focus is researching the Durham River Wear Assemblage; an important group of objects described as a major research facility,
probably the largest collection of late- and post-medieval finds in the North of England: a unique regional and national resource.
Gary is also the Museum of London Archaeology's (MOLA) external expert for late- and post-medieval lead cloth seals and also the 2013 joint
winner of the Finds Research Group Geoff Egan Prize for a research report on an un-paralleled late-medieval pectoral cross associated with the shrine of
St. Cuthbert. He is also a member of the Finds Research Group Committee.
You can find out more about gary here: www.diveintodurham/gary_bankhead
Email: gary.bankhead@durham.ac.uk
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Myra Giesen
Newsletter Editor
Myra has worked in archaeology and cultural heritage management for over 35 years, moving to the North East in 2006 from the United States. She currently is a
Research Associate in the School of Engineering and a Visiting Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University.
Myra is a trained human osteologist and edit a book on the curation of human remains in the UK. She worked on issues of repatriation and developed cultural
resource management policy for the US government from 1993 to 2006. She enjoys topics in heritage science and recently developed a mobile app for monitoring
ancient open-air rock art in the UK and Ireland. She was the newsletter editor for CBA North between 2008 and 2013.
Email: myra.giesen@newcastle.ac.uk
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Sheila Hingley
Committee Member (minute taker)
Sheila was Head of Heritage Collections within Durham University from 2002 until she retired in December 2014, managing Archives and Special
Collections and the University museums. During this time the reading room and strongrooms at Palace Green Library were renovated and exhibition
galleries, a learning centre and café were created in the space left empty by the move of Music and Law libraries to the Mountjoy site.
Before coming to Durham she was Canterbury Cathedral Librarian for 12 years, being involved in the restoration of the medieval and 17th century
library buildings there. Since retirement she has returned to working on early printed book collections at Ushaw College, Durham Cathedral and
the Bar Convent. Her research interests are the history of library buildings and the ownership and use of manuscript and printed books in the early
modern period. Most recently she has concentrated on tracing the printed books in the Durham Priory library up to 1540.
Email: smhingley09@gmail.com
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Anne Allen
Elected Member – Lectures
Anne recently returned to Durham University to manage Durham Castle and Cathedral World Heritage Site. Having graduated in archaeology at Durham in 1989 –
she jokes that it has taken her 35 years to get from one end of Palace Green to the other. She was previously the project manager for the Heritage
Action Zone project in Bishop Auckland with Historic England and Durham County Council. She has served on University Council and was Deputy Principal
of St John’s College, Durham where she oversaw the construction of a new library on the World Heritage Site.
Email: anne.allen2@durham.ac.uk
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John Castling
Elected Member
John began working as an archaeologist in 2007, and following several stints in the commercial archaeology sector and an undergraduate and MA degree
in archaeology at Durham University, now works for The Auckland Project as its archaeologist, helping to look after the heritage and archaeology of
the charity’s estate – including Auckland Castle and its Deer Park, and the area around Binchester Roman Fort. He’s also a part-time PhD student at
Durham, researching the Roman, post-Roman and Early Medieval period of Aucklandshire – a medieval administrative unit in County Durham. John is passionate
about community involvement in archaeology, particularly demonstrating and using archaeology’s power to bring about positive change for communities, groups
and individuals.
Email: john.castling@durham.ac.uk
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