Bede's World: The Museum of Early Medieval Northumbria at Jarrow Bede's World: The Museum of Early Medieval Northumbria at Jarrow
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Paul Slack, Ryk Ward

The Peopling of Britain: The Shaping of a Human Landscape (The Linacre Lectures)

RRP £50.00

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Kate Tiller

English Local History: An Introduction (Sutton History Handbooks)

This guide is designed as an introduction to local history for anyone who wants to know how local communities lived in the past and how to find out more about them. General themes and and questions for each historical period, combined with specific case histories, highlight the varieties of local experience and show how available materials can be pieced together. The book stresses the interconnectedness of local history with wider issues and urges local historians to abandon reliance on unconnected facts and dig deeper to uncover the general trends at work.

RRP £14.99 Paperback

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Autumn at Bede's World
11-12 September 2010

Farmers' & Craft market

Featuring a fabulous selection of mouth-watering delicacies and handcrafted goods. Younger visitors can take part in creative craft sessions running throughout the weekend. FREE ADMISSION to the museum and farm

25 September 2010

Silversmith Demonstrations by Les Howe