A World of Good: a new exhibition at Wakefield Museum, from 10 July 2021 – 9 July 2022 Opening hours: Mon, Tues, Fri 9am-5pm, Wed, Thurs 9am – 7m, Sat 9am – 4pm This exhibition…
If you are interested in the history of Wakefield Waterfront, and the construction of the River Calder Navigation in the 18th century, a new book has been published by Wakefield Historical Publications: “John Smeaton and…
The programme of walks for 2021 has now been published. Some of them, understandably, are centred round Anne Lister or Ann Walker, but there are a variety of other walks also. Most are about 2+…
External carvings on the South Nave Clerestory, which directs rainwater off the building, have become so badly eroded across the centuries that they are unrecognisable fragments. There is no record of what these carvings originally…
York Festival of Ideas 2021 has many online history events to watch and engage with; these include the events below. A full list of history events can be viewed at https://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2021/themes/history/. York’s City Walls in…
Interpreting Medieval Effigies: The Evidence from Yorkshire to 1400 by Brian & Moira Gittos was originally published in 2019 but is now being re-issued in paperback. It explores Yorkshire’s medieval effigies in great detail and…
The Socialist History Group have produced a ‘zine’ that has several articles in that may be of particular interest to our members: “When Basque Bairns came to Wakefield”, about the arrival of 65 Spanish children…
This should be an interesting talk. Our guest speaker will be Dr Emma Storr. Her talk is entitled “Factories and Fevers, 19th Century Child Health”. The talk will explore the experience of children living close…
Online talk on “John Smeaton and the Calder Navigation”, 14 April 2021 by Lesley Taylor and Shirley Levon Lesley Taylor explained that the research that she and Shirley Levon had conducted was initiated during the…
As a farmer, he always shows great concern for his fields and his animals, and despite all his experience some years bring misfortunes. (yean is an old word meaning to give birth) April 2nd 1809…