Events at West Yorkshire History Centre on 21st May 2-5pm, and at Normanton Library on 24th May 4-7pm. There is an introductory talk; then an explanation by the Archives Service of how to read the…
In 2013 Wakefield Historical Society embarked on a major project to discover the history of Wakefield Waterfront. We learnt about the importance of the Calder and Hebble Navigation to the development of the Waterfront and…
Wakefield Historical Society members join with the groups across West Yorkshire as part of West Yorkshire Archives Community network group. On 22nd March Morley Community Archive were hosts to the group. Dr Clive McManus gave…
More information of events at Horbury 28th – 30th April. Free events at St Peter’s & St Leonard’s Church WF4 6AS Friday 28th April 6-7.30pm ‘Night at the Church’ children and family event Saturday 29th…
We Are Wakefield Business Lunch (in conjunction with the Yorkshire Society) 15 March Members of Wakefield Historical Society attended the business lunch at Gaskell’s Restaurant, designed to showcase all that Wakefield has to offer. Following…
It will be 50 years on 21st March since the Lofthouse Pit Disaster when seven men died following an inrush of water from old workings. The rescuers worked for 6 days, but only one man…
Wednesday 22nd March and Thursday 23rd March, 19.30-10.00 Tickets £10 and £7.50. Suitable for 13yrs+ In 1921, British coal mining employed over one million people. Now, it’s distant memories, abandoned buildings and stark reminders on…
Pontefract Castle, Pontefract, WF8 1QH Sat 18th March 2023 With the Yorkist defeat at Wakefield and the death of the heir to the throne Richard Dule of York, the House of Lancaster was now wholly…
On 21st February, WHS members Lesley Taylor and Shirley Levon enjoyed speaking to a large, friendly and responsive audience at Halifax Antiquarian Society about John Smeaton and the Calder Navigation. Many of the Halifax ‘gentlemen’…
Historic England’s next free lunchtime industrial heritage webinar takes place on 23 February, 1300 – 1400. This webinar will describe the work and findings from the Elsecar Heritage Action Zone which ran from 2017 –…