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…
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…
Work by the Landmark Trust revealed five small areas of decoration, first seen as tantalising glimpses behind lath and plaster, which were opened up by a team of expert conservators from Lincoln Conservation. In a…
Wakefield Historical Society provided four short talks about property they have been researching for the Heritage Open Days event at Unity Hall. We were delighted that there was as large an audience as the room…
It is always encouraging to hear of new groups who are keen to discover the history of their locality. The year 2020 was the 900th anniversary of the founding of Felkirk St Peter’s Church. As…
Information from Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society. “Lost Villages Found” An online conference to be held on Saturday 23rd October 2021, 2.00 to 5.30 pm During 2020, YAHS had hoped that it might be possible to…