City and County Magazine

CITY AND COUNTY is a quarterly magazine edited by Nigel Jenkins and distributed to members of the Society. The magazine contains news, letters, forthcoming events, reviews of recent events, reports from committees and articles on various topics of interest.

A selection from the contents of the latest four issues include:

November 2011

Editorial
Recent visits: Hexham Abbey and Seaton Delaval Hall
Exhibition & Brandling Park Developments
Newcastle Breweries and the Bruce Building
The Kielder Marathon
Richard Grainger's 150th Anniversary
New Government Planning Policies
New Book: NewcastleGateshead - Shaping the City
Tyneside Committee: Co-Op Store Conversion

August 2011

AGM 6th June: Chairman's Report
Reports from recent events: Talk - Charles Grey: The Man on the Monument; visit to St James' church, Benwell and visit to Kirkharle Church, Courtyard and Lake
The Northumberland National Park - Landscape Strategy. Part 2
An opportunity for Northumberland's woodlands?
Jesmond Towers Estate
New book: Coastal Castles of Northumberland by Stan Beckinsall
Tyneside Committee Report

May 2011

Editorial
Report from the Tyneside Committee
Recent Event: Talk on the The New Tyne Tunnel Crossing
Kielder Viaduct
County Committee: The Northumberland National Park - Landscape Strategy. Part 1
John Martin. A look at a painter currently enjoying a revival
County Committee: The Blue Sky Forest Project
Book Review: Northumberland Viewpoints by Stan Beckensall

February 2011

Editorial
Report from the Tyneside Committee
Portrait of John Clayton now at Chesters Museum
Reports from Recent Events: Talk on Lord Armstrong at the Northern Rugby Club and The Family at Seaton Delaval Hall at Morpeth Town Hall
County Committee: The Dangers of Winter a tragic event near Ewartly Shank farm.
Book Review: Northern Northumberland's Modern Railways

Views expressed in the magazine are not necessarily those of the Society or Editor.