WHS is an affiliate member of YAHS, so our members may be able to join meetings, numbers permitting. This coming weekend, on Saturday 20th March at 2.00 pm, there will be a topical talk for…
Meeting on 10th March, AGM and two short talks on the diaries of a Wakefield draper, and progress on the John Goodchild Collection. Our President Pam Judkins chaired the AGM. The officers of the Society…
Histories of People and Landscape Essays on the Sheffield region in memory of David Hey Editor: Richard W. Hoyle Price: £35 (hardback due Mar ’21) £18.99 (paperback due Sep ’21) About the book David Hey (1938–2016) was…
Last year there was publicity in the newspapers and on BBC television about Eamonn O”Keeffe’s research into Lupset farmer Matthew Tomlinson’s attitude to homosexuality, expressed on 14th January 1810 in the first extant volume of…
Wakefield Socialist History Group, based at the Red Shed, are seeking submissions for a ‘zine’ to be published to coincide with May Day: If you’re interested in producing text for this zine, please can you…
Online talk from CBA Yorkshire . Tuesday 23rd February 7.30 pm, ‘An Aerial View of Archaeology’, by Matthew Oakey, Historic England. Applications of aerial survey, new technologies and some new advice on accessing/using APs and…
Matthew Tomlinson’s New Year in 1834 From Matthew Tomlinson’s Diary, transcribed with original spelling. He lived at Doghouse Farm, Lupset and was 69 years old. Three volumes of his diary are held by the…
Many documents relating to Wakefield are held at the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds including those transferred from the the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society such as the Manor Court Rolls. Information about…
Excerpts from Matthew Tomlinson’s diaries which are held by Wakefield Local Studies Library. At present they are undergoing conservation at West Yorkshire History Centre. 1836 25th Christmas-day once more! – it is also very…
Today, the 22nd November, is the birthday of George Gissing, the notable Victorian novelist, who was born in 1857, and lived in Thompson’s Yard in Wakefield. His novel “A Life’s Morning” transforms Wakefield into fiction…