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…
Dr Steve Ward has published a new article about black performers of the nineteenth century Circus. This includes information about Pablo Fanque who we know performed in Wakefield on more than one occasion. It would…
The 2021 census on Sunday 21st March. Researchers in our Society rely on the information in the 19th and early 20th century censuses for their research, so with historians of the future in mind, the…
Talk on John Brearley: an eighteenth-century textiles worker’s view of Wakefield by David Scriven. 14th October 2020 Members were able to enjoy the talk on Zoom that had to be cancelled in April. John Brearley’s…
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
Influenza in the early 19th Century Excerpts from Matthew Tomlinson’s Diaries. He lived at Doghouse Farm near Lupset. Wakefield Local Studies Library hold three of his detailed and interesting diaries. Spelling and punctuation as in…
Our President, Pam Judkins, talks to Kevin Trickett, President of Wakefield Civic Society about the history of Wakefield Historical Society, our present research into Westgate, and the John Goodchild Collection. Part of a series of…
West Yorkshire History Centre will be opening 2 days a week from 14th September for access to original documents. Registry of Deeds indexes will not be available though. The Leeds Archives will also open on…
An interesting showcase of films about Wakefield heritage, compiled by Wakefield Civic Society. It includes a film about George Gissing and the Gissing Centre describing his life there and his future renown as a novelist:…
Cyril Pearce’s research on prisoners of conscience in World War 1, included the prisoners held at Wakefield, and he has given a number of talks locally. His new book: ‘Communities of Resistance: Conscience and Dissent…