West Yorkshire Archive Network Group Meeting Seventeen representatives from heritage and family history societies from across the region joined a Zoom meeting on 16th December. Anna Carter, from West Yorkshire Archives updated us on opening…
“A Regency Christmas” Zoom Talk on 9 December The Spirit of Christmas flew in to the Society yesterday with Julie Hickey’s talk on “A Regency Christmas” in which she referred to the…
If you care about saving our historic churches, and enjoy a carol concert you might wish to join this one in aid of the National Churches Trust. Bill Bryson, Huw Edwards and Michael Palin are…
Discover how Jane Austen celebrated Christmas via a Zoom talk on Wednesday 9th December. Julia Hickey of ‘The History Jar’ will be entertaining and enlightening us. Contact us to join: info@WakefieldHistoricalSociety.org.uk Julia is a freelance…
‘Mine Lighting and the Flame Safety Lamp’ Talk by Mark Carlyle, Curator at the National Mining Museum Zoom talk on 18th November Mark Carlyle described clearly the vital importance of the development of what is…
In these Covid times we are all missing the company of our friends and colleagues, and the chance to catch up and chat about our hobbies and our interests. Sadly, it appears we wont be…
University of York online event. 24 November 2020 7-8.15pm To book: Wolfson History Prize Wolfson History Prize 2020 winner David Abulafia and three of the shortlisted authors, Marion Turner, Toby Green and Prashant Kidambi, will…
Talk by Mark Carlyle, Curator at the National Mining Museum, on Zoom, 7.30pm Wednesday 11 November In 1815 scientist Sir Humphrey Davy was called on to help save the lives of coal miners who were…
Online Talk by the University of York: ‘Hidden in plain sight: The unexplored histories of the medieval north at the time of the Black Death’ by Professor Sarah Rees Jones. This talk will expose and…
The CBA Autumn Showcase will take place on 24 October 9.30-4.30, online. To join the conference please email: associate.editor@cba-yorkshire.org.uk For more information please click on the poster link below: poster1a