THE director of York Archaeological Trust, Dr Peter Addyman, is among those from North Yorkshire who have been recognised in the Queen's birthday honours list today.

Dr Addyman, 60, who founded the York Archaeological Trust in 1972 and has been the director ever since, receives the CBE for services to archaeology.

He was among several people from the area who were named in the list.

Mr Addyman, who was born in Harrogate, and educated at Sedbergh School and Cambridge University, was instrumental in the 1976 Coppergate dig and subsequent development of the world-renowned Jorvik Viking Centre which is to undergo a complete refit later this year.

He said: "I'm delighted. It's a wonderful honour.

"It's quite a tribute to the work the trust has done and I'm sure that's the reason for it.

"We're always very proud of what's been going on in York. It's nice to have it recognised at this level."

Alan Kirkwood, 57, a senior policy advisor for the Crown Prosecution Service in York, receives an OBE.

Mr Kirkwood, from Malton, said: "I am both surprised and delighted to be honoured in this way.

"Awards of this nature are not handed out lightly and those who are fortunate to receive them have usually retired so it is especially pleasing to receive an award when I'm still working for the CPS."

Steve Woodford, 48, leader of the Selby-based homeless support group Foundation Housing, receives an MBE.

He said: "I'm deeply moved by the award because it shows our work has been appreciated."

Norman Kirk, who is 67 on Monday, receives an MBE as an early birthday present for his 50-year commitment to Goole Town Cricket Club.

Mr Kirk, who is club secretary and treasurer, helped the club enter the York senior league and build a new state-of-the-art pavilion.

He said: "I'm extremely pleased. It's a nice compliment. Nothing I was looking for, but somebody's been kind enough to put me forward."

John Taylorson, who has organised Wetherby's Great Yorkshire Bike Ride for the past 11 years, receives an OBE on the day this year's race takes place. He has raised more than £721,000 over that time. He said: "It's not bad, is it?

"It's a very pleasant surprise."

Laurence Keen, who left the College of Ripon and York St John in 1963, receives an OBE for his contribution to archaeology. He still does archaeological consultancy work in York.

Benefits Agency manager Angela Jones will receive an MBE for her work covering North Yorkshire.

Mrs Jones, who lives in Acomb, York, but is based in Harrogate, was nominated for the award by the Department of Social Security.

She said: "It is a great surprise and I feel very honoured to receive it, but I recognise that for anyone to receive an MBE they need a lot of help from their family and from their work colleagues."

Others to be honoured are: Geoff Bruce, lately chief executive of the pesticides safety directorate for the Ministry of Agriculture Food and Fisheries, who receives a CBE; Christopher Wildblood, from Wetherby, for services to architecture in Yorkshire, who receives an OBE; Philip Lee, lately managing director of British Aerospace royal ordnance, Wetherby, for services to the defence industry, who receives an OBE; Richard Pacey, chief executive of the Wilf Ward Family Trust, in Scarborough, who receives an OBE for services to the community; Margaret Payne, of York, for services to the administration of justice, who receives an OBE; Joan Mary Thompson, of Martin House Children's Hospice, Boston Spa, Wetherby, who receives an OBE; and Susan Johnson, director of business development for Yorkshire Forward, who receives an OBE for services to New Deal.

lMajor Jamieson Compston, from York, of the Royal Corps of Signals, becomes a member of the military division of the most excellent order of the British empire.

Picture:Peter Addyman, the director of the York Archaeological Trust, who has been awarded a CBE in the Queens Birthday Honours