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Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne

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Founding of the Society

Year Authority / Notes
1813

According to its website, this Society was founded in 1813. Hume, p.141 gives a more specific founding date, namely 1813, February 6, and gives the name as: Antiquarian Society of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

A catalogue record in the British Library cat. lists the following title: Chorographia: or, A survey of Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1649. [The preface "To the candid reader" signed: W. G., i.e. William Gray.] with the imprint statement: Newcastle: printed for the Antiquarian Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, by S. Hodgson, 1813. . This establishes the use of the name Antiquarian Society of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1813.

Seat of the Society

City Authority / Notes
Newcastle upon Tyne
England

This location is supported by the name of the Society.

Name of the Society

Dates Name Authority
1813 Antiquarian Society of Newcastle upon Tyne

A catalogue record in the British Library cat. lists the following title: Chorographia: or, A survey of Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1649. [The preface "To the candid reader" signed: W. G., i.e. William Gray.] with the imprint statement: Newcastle: printed for the Antiquarian Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, by S. Hodgson, 1813. . This establishes the use of the name Antiquarian Society of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1813.

1822 - Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne

A catalogue record in the Durham Univ. cat. lists the following title: Observations on the Roman station called Borcovicus, or Housesteads, in Northumberland; and on certain Mithraic antiquities discovered there. In a letter to the Rev. A. Hedley, M.A. Read before the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Dec. 3, 1822. / By the Rev. John Hodgson ... This establishes the use of the name Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne as early as 1822. Its publications and website gives that as the name from 1822 onward.

Website of the Society

Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne Website = http://www.newcastle-antiquaries.org.uk/

Journals of the Society

Years Full Journal Title Abbrev.
1822 - 1846 (Vol.1 - v.4);
1857 - 1904 (New ser., v.1 - v.25);
1904 - 1924 (3rd ser., v.1 - v.21);
1925 - 1972 (4th ser., v.1 - v.50);
1973 - (5th ser., v.1 -)

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Archaeologia Aeliana, or, Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity

A record in the National Lib. Scotland cat. gives the imprint for this journal as: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1822-.

[National Lib. Scotland cat.]
Arch. Ael.
Harvard Studies Class. Philol., Vol. 11 (1900), p.53 cites XIX (1898).
Arch. Æliana
Folklore, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Dec., 1900), p.15 cites xx.
Arch. Aeliana
Trans. Proc. Am. Philol. Assoc., Vol. 38 (1907), p.114 cites XXI (1899).
Arch. Aeliana (Soc. Ant. Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
Folklore, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Jun., 1949), p.303 cites vol. 26, 1948.
Archaeol. Aeliana
English Historical Rev., Vol. 16, No. 62 (Apr., 1901), p.328 cites 20 (1899).
1855 - 1858 ([v.1 (no.1-36)]);
1882 - 1902 (New. ser., v.1 - v.10);
1903 - 1922 (ser.3, v.1 - v.10);
1923 - 1950 (ser.4, v.1 - v.11);
1951/1956 (ser.5, v.1)

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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
[Oxford Univ. cat.]
Proc. Soc. Ant. Newc.
J. Roman Studies, Vol. 25, (1935), p.205 cites vi, 1934.
Proc. Soc. Ant. Newcastle
J. Roman Studies, Vol. 11 (1921), p.63 cites ser. iii, vol. ix (1920) and vol. x (1922).
Proc. Soc. Antiq. Newc.
Folklore, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Dec., 1901), p.13 cites vii, 1899.
Proc. Soc. Antiq. Newcastle
Folklore, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Dec., 1901), p.7 cites v, 1899.
Proc. Soc. Antiq. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1953), p.106 cites (5th ser.), I.
Proc. Soc. Antiq. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Britannia, Vol. 12 (1981), p.43 cites vii (1915).
Proc. Soc. Antiq. Newcastle upon Tyne
Folklore, Vol. 62, No. 2 (Jun., 1951), p.347 cites 4th ser., vol. 11, 1950.
Proc. Soc. Antiqu. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1950), p.349 cites (4th ser.), XI.
Proc. Soc. Antiqu. of Newcastle-on-Tyne
Economic History Review, Vol. 14, No. 2 (1944), p.211 cites 3rd ser. IX.
Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Newcastle upon Tyne
Archaeological Reports, No. 16 (1969 - 1970), p.57 cites N. S. v (1893).
Proc. Soc. of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne
Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 59, No. 2 (Jan., 1954), p.426 cites 1952.
Proceedings of the Soc. of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
English Historical Rev., Vol. 79, No. 312 (Jul., 1964), p.517 cites (4th ser.), xi (1947).

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