John Ronald Lidster | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1916 |
| Died | 2008 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, Archaeologist and Curator |
| Known for | Rescue excavation of Bronze Age Barrows in Yorkshire and the excavation of the Roman kiln site at Cantley. |
John Ronald Lidster (1916–2008)[1] was a British artist, archaeologist and curator based in Yorkshire.
Biography
Lidster was born in Hull in 1916 and moved to Scarborough as a child.[1] During the Second World War he was an artist with the Royal Army Medical College in London.[1] In 1946 he joined the Scarborough and District Archaeological Society where he met William Lamplough. Between 1948 and 1961, Lamplough and Lidster undertook rescue excavations of thirty-seven[1] barrows in the North York Moors;[2][3][4] the artefacts from which are now in the Yorkshire Museum.[5] Lidster created detailed paintings of the landscapes in which the barrows are situated.[6] He and William Lamplough also led excavations for the Scarborough and District Archaeological Society in 1951 at the site of King Alfred's Cave (Ebberston, North Yorkshire).[7][8]
Lidster acted as the first secretary of the recently founded Scarborough Geological Society in the 1950s
In 1950, Lidster worked as a technician and, later, as the Assistant Curator of the Wood End Museum in Scarborough.[1] In 1955 he moved to Doncaster Museum as Assistant Curator. He was later Keeper of the museum, a position he left in 1966–7.[1]
Cantley Kilns
Whilst working in Doncaster, in 1959, Lidster investigated the Roman kilns site at Cantley.[9] The diagrams produced by Lidster of the Cantley kilns were used in 1962 as the basis for an experimental archaeology project to reconstruct and fire a replica of Cantley Kiln 31.[10]
Publications
- Lamplough, W.H. and Lidster, J. R. 1959. "The Excavation of King Alfrid's Cave, Ebberston", Transactions of the Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society Vol 55. pp 16–31.
- Lamplough, W. H. and Lidster, J. R. 1960. "The Excavation of the Kirkless Barrow", Transactions of the Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society (New Series) Vol. 3. pp 29–32.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Boughey, K. 2013. "A Look at the Lamplough-Lidster Collection: The Excavation of Broxa Barrows 1–4", Prehistoric Yorkshire Vol. 50. pp. 33-53
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 65659". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 65880". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 65763". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ Emily Johnson (30 April 2013). "The Lamplough-Lidster Collection". York Museums Trust. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ A 1975 landscape portrait as part of the archive in the Yorkshire Museum is signed by J. R. Lidster
- ^ Historic England. "King Alfreds Cave (62649)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ Lamplough, W.H. and Lidster, J. R. 1959. "The Excavation of King Alfrid's Cave, Ebberston", Transactions of the Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society Vol 55. pp. 16–31
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 57773". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ Mayes, P. 1962. "The Firing of a second pottery kiln of Romano-British Type at Boston, Lincolnshire" Archaeometry Vol 5. pp. 80–86