Information from Wakefield Museums and Castles: Volunteer Talk: Thomas of Lancaster – saint or sinner? (16+) Pontefract Castle, Pontefract, WF8 1QH Sunday 23rd March 2025 Thomas of Lancaster has often been viewed as a venerated…
Saturday 5th April 2025 from 9.30 am to 4.45 pm. The Auditorium, Creative Arts Centre, York St John University, Lord Mayor’s Walk, York, YO31 7EX. Information from the YAHS: In recent years there has been…
English Heritage has announced that it is reviewing its structure, with a series of proposals designed to enable the charity to meet the opportunities and challenges of the next few years. The restructuring proposals will…
‘By Royal Command: Barnum in Europe‘ by Dr Steve Ward In October 2019 Steve Ward talked to our Society about the history of the circus with particular reference to Pablo Fanque. In our research for…
Information from South Leeds Archaeology: On Sunday 12th Jan. at 2pm there will be a Memorial Service for the Gosforth Pit Disaster at Middleton Colliery at St. Mary’s Church, Town Street, Middleton. Twenty Five men…
100 Years of Wakefield Historical Society. 51 years ago our then President Eric Raper wished members a Merry Christmas. On our 100th year we repeat this greeting for all members, all others and absent friends…
We were delighted to have a talk from the Friends of Waterton’s Wall at our Centenary celebration on the 14th December. Unfortunately we were unable to show their video about the lime mortar workshop. It…
Centenary celebration at the Town Hall on 14th December The final meeting of our Centenary year was held at the Town Hall on Saturday which was where the founding meeting of our Society was held…
The very first Minute of the Society records the founding on the 19th December 1924, at a meeting in the Town Hall. Hear all about it, same venue this 14th December.. https://www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/whs-events/lecture-programme/
From the February 1974 Minute book a record of our concerns for the Elizabethan Grammar School building. Is it once more under threat 50 years on!