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C O N T E X T 1 7 9 : M A R C H 2 0 2 4 1 www.ihbc.org.uk @IHBCtweet Registered as a charity in England and Wales number 1061593 and in Scotland number SC041945. Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England number 3333780. Registered Office: Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Officers President Mike Brown, president@ihbc.org.uk Vice President Rebecca Thompson, vicepresident@ihbc.org.uk Chair David McDonald, chair@ihbc.org.uk Vice Chair Lone Le Vay, vchair@ihbc.org.uk Secretary Jo Evans, ihbcsecretary@ihbc.org.uk Treasurer Jill Kerry, treasurer@ihbc.org.uk National Office Director Seán O’Reilly, director@ihbc.org.uk Operations Director Fiona Newton, operations@ihbc.org.uk , consultations@ihbc.org.uk Administration Officer Lydia Porter, admin@ihbc.org.uk Branch Liaison &Volunteer Support Officer JudeWheeler, support@ihbc.org.uk Education,Training & Application Support Officer Angharad Hart, training@ihbc.org.uk Membership Services Officer Carmen Moran, membershipservices@ihbc.org.uk Professional Development Officer Ramona Usher, professional@ihbc.org.uk Professional Services Officer Michael Netter, services@ihbc.org.uk Committee Chairs Policy Roy Lewis, policy@ihbc.org.uk Membership & Ethics Andrew Shepherd, membership@ihbc.org.uk Education ChrisWood, education@ihbc.org.uk Communications & Outreach Dave Chetwyn, communications@ihbc.org.uk Branch Contacts North north@ihbc.org.uk North West northwest@ihbc.org.uk Yorkshire yorkshire@ihbc.org.uk West Midlands westmids@ihbc.org.uk East Midlands eastmids@ihbc.org.uk South south@ihbc.org.uk South West southwest@ihbc.org.uk East Anglia eastanglia@ihbc.org.uk South East southeast@ihbc.org.uk London london@ihbc.org.uk Scotland scotland@ihbc.org.uk Wales wales@ihbc.org.uk Northern Ireland northernireland@ihbc.org.uk Republic of Ireland republicofireland@ihbc.org.uk Rest of the World overseas@ihbc.org.uk 2 Briefing 6 IHBC London Branch Conference 2023 8 Letters 10 Periodically 13 The writer’s voice 15 Editorial 16 Hadrian’sWall from end to end Zinnie Denby-Mann 19 Hadrian’sWall Path and the national trails Polly Martin 22 What happened to Hadrian’sWall? Alexandra Fairclough 24 Cumbria’s vernacular architecture and the Roman wall Peter Messenger 27 Discovering bastles Peter Ryder 30 Regeneration in Carlisle Roger Higgins 33 Union Chain Bridge: crossing the border Mark Douglas 37 Nairn’s Manchester revisited IanWray 40 The battle for Mill Road Free Library John Preston 43 Legal update 46 New member profile 47 Notes from the chair 48 Inter alia 49 Director’s cut 51 Vox pop 52 New members 53 Book reviews 57 Products and services 60 Specialist suppliers index