Buildings at Risk Register 2023 published Historic England has recently published its annual regional reports on Buildings at Risk in 2023. The lists include not only listed buildings, but also Places of Worship, Archaeological Sites,…
Working with Wakefield Museum Wakefield Museum chose 100 objects from the collections to represent the 100th anniversary of the Museum in 2023, and they asked us and the Civic Society to ask members to choose…
A submission has been made to Historic England for listing of the Flockton Wagonway Viaduct. The submission notes that ‘Flockton Wagonway Viaduct is potentially the earliest multi-span railway bridge or viaduct in the world’. Although…
On 28th January 2024 at 2pm Charlie Knight, Wolfson Postgraduate Scholar, from the Parkes Institute at the University of Southampton will be giving a talk about Ernst and Gertrud Neustadt, a German couple who came…
We have been contacted by Ian Suddaby who has supplied images of a Bradley and Craven catalogue dating between 1910 and 1920. Wakefield Historical Society thanks him for letting us share this interesting catalogue of…
South Leeds Archaeology has drawn our attention to the fact that Thwaite Mill may be under threat. Easy to access by public transport from Wakefield, it is one of the best working water mills in…
South Leeds Archaeology have informed us of a change of dates for their meetings in January: “Unfortunately we can’t use the Rothwell Hub on Thu. January 18th and February 15th! So after a quick consultation…
“Their Finest Hour” Project, is a nationwide digital history project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and run by the University of Oxford. Their aim is to digitally preserve the stories and physical heritage…
The poem below has been sent to Wakefield Historical Society by Suzanne Webb and has been transcribed. Her mother worked for Yorkshire Water, and she believes that the poem may date from an anniversary of…
On 22nd November two tours of the Westgate Heritage Action Zone are available at 10am and 2pm. You can learn about the research that members of Wakefield Historical Society conducted on the history of the…