Until 2015, Stuart Wrathmell was head of the Archaeology, Archive and Ecology Services for West Yorkshire. He has been a member of the MSRG and its predecessor groups for over 50 years, serving recently as its President, and currently as a Vice-President. He has published numerous articles and monographs on rural settlements, most recently on evidence for Scandinavian settlement in Yorkshire during the late 9th and 10th centuries. He edited the definitive publications of the deserted medieval village excavations at Wharram Percy, North Yorkshire, culminating in the 13th volume in the series A History of Wharram Percy and its Neighbours, published in 2012.