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…
The Journal of Matthew Tomlinson of Doghouse Farm Lupset. 19th November 1809 Hoary Winter is again come upon us, with congealing frost, and fleecy snows; I have not accomplished my seed time, and at…
Halifax Civic trust have been researching and discovering the ancient medieval route from Halifax, which can still be walked today. The Halifax clothworkers needed to bring their cloth to market at Wakefield. The route is…
“Novr 6th The last evening was the anniversary of Guy Fawks – the burn-fire-night, – as it was called in the days of my Ladhood: – Went to the door of my house about 8…