North East History Compendium vol. 3 (Pre-Order)

Volume 3 of our popular annual publication, The North East History Compendium, is now available for pre-order.

This years is our biggest ever, featuring articles and photographic collections across every nook and cranny of North East history. The features cover fields from sports, the public realm, radicalism and rural living across the region. You can expect:

Maud Webster - What’s the point of all this public art?

A D Bergin - Conspiracy on the Tyne: Fact, fiction and the Newcastle witch trial of 1650

Harry Pearson - Chalk On, Lads! (A History of Fives)

Miriam Bibby - The Town Moor Radicals: Thomas Spence and his Clandestines

Silvie Fisch & Dr Sally Watson - Power to all people? The 1960s fight for Byker

Mick Southwick - The Chapel of St. Thomas the Martyr

Andy Kelly - Meet My Father, Des Kelly

Grace Redpath - Longsword in Loftus, East Cleveland – The Origins of a Folk Dance

James Hoare - Try Again: An Early History of Tyneside Rugby League

The publication is printed on high quality gloss paper in A5 format, professionally printed.

The pre-order window is between the 1st September - 30th September. From there, the required amount of copies will be sent to the printers and will be dispatched upon us receiving them. Copies will be dispatched to those who ordered first, and we expect all copies to be sent out by mid November, ready for Christmas.

Refunds can only be provided until the end of the pre-order window (30th September) as the required amount of copies will be ordered from this date.

If you have any further questions, please get in touch with me at northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/contact