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Return to Halterburn!
Thanks to generous support from the Fallago Environment Fund and The Henfrey Charitable Trust, we are very pleased to announce that TillVAS will be making a long-awaited return to the Halterburn Valley near Kirk Yetholm in the beautiful Scottish Borders and the potential water-powered mill site that we discovered there in 2023. With Richard Carlton of The Archaeological Practice on hand to guide and advise us, we will be on-site from Wednesday the 26th August until Tuesday 8t
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Bondager exhibition
Come and visit the exhibition on Bondagers - as farmworkers in Northumberland and the Borders were called - at Ford Forge Museum this month. Until 13 August. Open Thursdays 10.30-1pm and Sundays 1:30- 4pm
Jul 71 min read














Talks 2025-26
Sunday 2 November Crookham Village Hall, 2pm (refreshments from 1.30pm) Sandra Gann, Medieval Monastery Hospitals and Medicine Sunday 7...
Oct 2, 20251 min read


Heather Pentland Lecture 2025
Poster The Heather Pentland Lecture 2025 will be People, Place and Power: Revisiting the Early Medieval Site of Yeavering, Northumberland with Professor Sarah Semple of Durham University Sunday 5 October, Etal Village Hall, 2pm
Oct 2, 20251 min read








Ford Forge open at Easter
Ford Forge will be opening on Easter Sunday with activities for kids.
Mar 25, 20251 min read


April talk
April talk: Evidence of women in the Berwick Archives, 16th-20th centuries
Mar 23, 20251 min read


March talk
NB If it becomes necessary to cancel, an announcement will be made here on the website and on Facebook by 5.30pm on the day of the talk;...
Feb 20, 20251 min read


February talk
NB: If it is necessary to cancel the talk, details will appear here and on Facebook after 11am
Jan 28, 20251 min read


December talk
NB: If it is necessary to cancel a talk because of the weather an announcement will appear here and on Facebook as soon as possible after...
Nov 24, 20241 min read
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