Ridings of Yorkshire Society 2026 Conference
We’re delighted to announce that you can now book tickets for this year’s conference in York, at the York Explore Library.
If the booking portal at the bottom of this page isn’t working, please email us at help@ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk
Please be aware that space is limited due to the constraints of our venue. If you’re presenting at the conference, we’ve already accounted for you and there’s no need to book your own space. We look forward to welcoming you all to Scarborough in June!
Please ensure that you book a ticket for each day you are intending to attend.
If you’re experiencing difficulties with registration, or have any other questions, you can get in touch with us at help@ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk
Our PDF programme will be uploaded shortly. In the meantime, please find an outline of the programme below:
Friday 19th June
10.30 – Arrival Time
10.50-11.00 – Introduction and thanks
11.00-12.00 – Keynote 1 Andrew McTominey
12.00-13.00 – Lunch
13.00 – 14.00 – Panel 1: Yorkshire-man about town: Yorkshire figures in national society, 17th-18th centuries
- Tony Pratt ‘William Rookes (1719-1789) Barrister of Esholt Hall in the West Riding and Gray’s Inn of Court, London: Judicial and social connections in the latter eighteenth century.’
- Letitia Lawson ‘Samuel Lee Bapty: A Man of Many Parts’
14.00-14.15 – Break
14.15 – 15.15 – Keynote 2 Kate Giles
15.15-15.30 – Break
15.45 – 16.45 – Panel 2: Annotations and Art in the Yorkshire Church
- Kate Yarbrough ‘Passionately Made: Reader Additions in the Pavement-Pulleyn Hours, York Minster Library MS XVI.K.6’
- Naoki Matsumoto ‘Spec-tacular Glass: Concerning A Pair Of Eyeglasses In The Nine Orders Of Angels Window In All Saints North Street, York ‘
Saturday 20th June
10.30 – Arrivals
10.50-11.00 – Introduction and thanks
11.00-12.00 – Panel 3 By Land or Sea: Contested Transport Routes in Industrial Hull
- Ashley Borrett ‘Battle for the roads of Hull and East Yorkshire during the interwar years’
- Emily Ingram ‘Danger, pleasure and pollution on Hull’s industrial waterways’
12.00-13.00 – Lunch
13.00-14.00 – Panel 4 Power, Polity, and Conflict: Yorkshire in the Post-Roman World
- Andrew Breeze ‘Bloodbath at Catterick’
- Alex Harvey ‘Little Kingdoms: Post-Roman Yorkshire’
14.00-14.15 – Break
14.15 – 15.15 – Panel 5 Pioneering Practise and Community in 19th-Century Yorkshire
- Sophia Lambert ‘Burial Practices in the Bradford Reform Jewish Community, 1877-1914’
- Carolyn Donohue ‘The Retreat, York: History, Heritage and Community Memory’
15.15-15.30 – Closing Remarks
We remain grateful for the support provided by the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society, in the form of a grant covering venue hire for this year’s event.