If you are interested in the history of Wakefield Waterfront, and the construction of the River Calder Navigation in the 18th century, a new book has been published by Wakefield Historical Publications: “John Smeaton and…
Interpreting Medieval Effigies: The Evidence from Yorkshire to 1400 by Brian & Moira Gittos was originally published in 2019 but is now being re-issued in paperback. It explores Yorkshire’s medieval effigies in great detail and…
The Socialist History Group have produced a ‘zine’ that has several articles in that may be of particular interest to our members: “When Basque Bairns came to Wakefield”, about the arrival of 65 Spanish children…
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…