Minutes
Minutes of the Barningham History Group, August 3rd 2010 at 6p.m.
Present: Robin Brooks, Jon Smith, Sheila Catton, Liz Hunt, Phil Hunt, June Johnson, Ann Rowley, Ed Simpson, Sue Prytherick, June Graham, Greta Carter, Ann Stafford, Janet Wrigley, Doreen Railton, Neil Turner, Beverley Peach, Dianne Metcalf, Ann Hutchinson.
Apologies: Eric & Kay Duggan, Ann & Tony Orton, David & Louise Ferrari, Elaine McDermott.
Minutes of previous meeting, published in Archive 9, agreed as correct.
Matters arising to be dealt with under Agenda items.
Correspondence:
Applebys: A contact from Gateshead brought a copy of the history of this family which originated in Eppleby and was in Barningham from the 16th Century before moving away. Kiplings: Here for 200-300 years. Robertson: Contact from Mary Robertson from Spokane, USA. Rev. Close: Marion Lewis of Hutton Magna had given details of the ghost vicar. Porters: Lived in now-demolished cottage behind the present Heath Cottages. Helwith: History of the school and schoolmaster. Small: Family in Scargill c1830 and then moved to Sunderland.
Financial Report: Publication sales totalled £71 and subscriptions brought income for the month to £83. Expenditure on printing, rent and resources totalled £128.70, leaving us with a balance of £467.06. Sixty copies of each Archive were now being distributed, 22 by post.
Publications/resources: Archive 9 was now out. JS was compiling an index which would be published with Archive 12 at the end of the year. The Newsham Census book was also now available.
Film Project: The DVD had gone to the shop for final editing and production
Scargill Castle visit: September 17th. Anyone wanting to go should give names to Ann Orton.
Guest Speaker: Samantha Belcher, Community Curator at the Bowes Museum, gave an excellent talk about her role and brought along eight artefacts which were passed around the room:
1. A stone-age hand axe originating from Kent, about 10,000 years old;
2. A replica flint barbon-tanged arrowhead;
3. A pottery replica of a bronze-age pot, highly decorated, with the impressed markings having a possible ritual and perhaps crematory origin;
4. A Roman pot shard from Mortaria, found locally;
5. A Samian ware shard found in Binchester;
6. A miniature stone Roman alter found locally;
7. A Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch with enamel, found in Binchester; and
8. An 1800s farthing found in the Binchester excavation.
Next Meetings: Tuesdays September 7th, October 19th, December 7th (note change), January 11th, all at 6.00 pm.
PHIL HUNT, Acting Secretary