Events and Activities
An Annual Conference is held over a weekend in spring or early summer. On the first evening there is usually a lecture or training seminar, then the following day is spent in survey teams making plans and drawings of buildings, which are used on the following day to produce an interpretative report. A further lecture, a visit and social events complete the weekend.
An Annual Day School concentrating on a particular topic, with speakers from both Yorkshire and other areas, is held usually in March. Previous day schools have covered Features, Fixtures and Fittings; Recording Techniques; Traditional Buildings of Yorkshire; The Roof over Your Head; Yorkshire's Traditional Farm Buildings; Vernacular Houses and Buildings in Towns; Old Mills and Workshops; The House and Family History; Understanding the Buildings of Estate Villages; Vernacular Buildings in the Landscape; Brick and Tile in Yorkshire's Vernacular Buildings; Vernacular Buildings on Yorkshire's Borders; Timber-Framed Vernacular Buildings in Yorkshire; Crucks and Cruck-Framed Buildings; Vernacular Buildings of Market Towns; and Markings and Dateable Features on Vernacular Buildings. The group's AGM is held immediately after the day school.
Field Recording Days are organised to study buildings in a certain area. Survey teams draw and measure buildings, and the report-writing, drawing-up and interpretation take place at home afterwards.
Walkabout Tours of towns and villages, led by a local expert, introduce members to the architecture of an area.
Training Seminars take place occasionally, with topics ranging from identification and interpretation to measuring and drawing skills.
Programme of Events 2012
Visit to Yorkshire Archaeological Society in Leeds
Saturday 28 January 2012
An afternoon visit to the headquarters of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Claremont, 23 Clarendon Road, Leeds. We will explore archive items of relevance to studying buildings and will visit the library and its holdings. A guided tour of the house in small groups will be offered, with refreshments available. 2pm to 4.30pm. Numbers limited. Please contact David Cant if you would like to attend.
Prior to this, during the morning a small group of volunteers will work through the YVBSG reports which are held in the YAS, to check that the collection is complete. If you are interested in helping with this, please contact David as above.
How Yorkshire Became Polite
Saturday 24 March 2012
At this day school, to be again held jointly with the Yorkshire Archaeological Society at Headingley Campus of Leeds Metropolitan University, we will examine the changes that took place as classical features and different styles were adopted by those building in Yorkshire from the end of the sixteenth century, and the factors that influenced them. As usual, the day school will be followed by the Group's AGM. Talks will include:
- Polite Yorkshire in the national context - Adrian Green
- 'This tottering and wasted city': re-edifying York in the early modern period - Ann-Marie Akehurst
- Classical influences in the Pennines - Alan Petford
- Artisan Mannerism: Yorkshire's first classical vernacular - Barry Harrison
- ... and short presentations.
To reserve a place, please print, complete and return the booking form, enclosing your fee.
The YVBSG will hold its AGM immediately after the talks as usual.
Annual Recording Conference 2012
Friday 18 to Sunday 20 May 2012
To be held in collaboration with Great Broughton and Kirby-in-Cleveland Local History Group. Full details will be available in February.
Next Committee Meeting
Sunday 5 February 2012
The next committee meeting will be held on Sunday 5 February 2012. If you'd like to bring any matter to the attention of the Committee, or if you have any suggestions for future activities, please contact the Secretary, David Crook, before the meeting.