Gresham College provides free public History lectures which you can watch both at the scheduled time and afterwards (online). You can read more about Gresham College’s free public lectures since 1597 here. Of general topical interest,…
An interesting article about Jenner and vaccination from the Museum Director at Dr. Jenner’s House. It is good to see Lady Mary Wortley Montagu mentioned – there is a monument to her at Wentworth Castle…
Lupset Hall Wakefield Civic Society has alerted us to a planning application to turn Lupset Hall into residential apartments: https://planning.wakefield.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=QNLOLTQQLH000 Amongst the 41 documents is a Heritage Impact Assessment which provides a history of the…
In September 2019 our excursion programme included a visit to Calverley Old Hall near Leeds which is a Grade I listed medieval manor house with fabric dating from the 13th to 17th centuries. While part…
WHS is an affiliate member of YAHS, so our members may be able to join meetings, numbers permitting. This coming weekend, on Saturday 20th March at 2.00 pm, there will be a topical talk for…
Meeting on 10th March, AGM and two short talks on the diaries of a Wakefield draper, and progress on the John Goodchild Collection. Our President Pam Judkins chaired the AGM. The officers of the Society…
An interesting video by Mark Saville covering the markets and fairs of Yorkshire from early medieval times. He points out the recent sad loss of Wakefield’s historic market. The channel ‘Around and About Yorkshire’ has…