A group was formed to investigate what could be done to protect the wall that Charles Waterton built round his estate at Walton Hall. They are now ‘going public’ with a launch event on Tuesday…
A short video about the Viking carvings on a stone at Skipwith Church – they raise the question as to the reason they were carved, and who they were carved by. https://vimeo.com/662603824
In 2019 members of our Society visited Calverley Hall, and saw the extensive restoration work that was being conducted by the Landmark Trust. On 24th March, 6pm there is a talk by Caroline Stanford on…
‘Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry’ is one of the most famous surviving examples of illuminated manuscripts. It was created between c. 1412 and 1416 for John, Duke of Berry, by the Limbourg brothers, and was further embellished…
Leeds Central library are holding a series of events to do with the news, and how it is presented. Of interest to historians is the following event: 19th Century Investigative Journalism and Sensationalism Leeds…
Four unusual, cutting-edge tunnels which were designed to stop Selby Canal from flooding have been listed at Grade II. Lund Tunnel, Brayton Tunnel, Paperhouse Tunnel and Tankard’s Culvert (West Haddesley) were created in 1778 by…
WHS member Geoffrey Wood has drawn our attention to this film about the five funicular lifts that were once at Scarborough. Many of us will have used one of the remaining two and not be…
CONNECTIONS, Hoylandswaine Arts Group and Penistone Arts Week 2022, 10 March The de Morgan Museum at Cannon Hall and Hoylandswaine Arts Group cordially invite you to join us on Thursday 10 March in Hoylandswaine Parish…
An Introduction to the Modern Military Archaeology of the North York Moors, This meeting will be an online talk by Roger Thomas at 11am on Saturday 5 February to the Industrial History Section of the…