Unfortunately, this event haas been cancelled Visitors are welcome at this Gissing Centre event.
Working with Wakefield Museum Wakefield Museum chose 100 objects from the collections to represent the 100th anniversary of the Museum in 2023, and they asked us and the Civic Society to ask members to choose…
On 28th January 2024 at 2pm Charlie Knight, Wolfson Postgraduate Scholar, from the Parkes Institute at the University of Southampton will be giving a talk about Ernst and Gertrud Neustadt, a German couple who came…
On 22nd November two tours of the Westgate Heritage Action Zone are available at 10am and 2pm. You can learn about the research that members of Wakefield Historical Society conducted on the history of the…
Wakefield Historical Society is delighted to hear that George Gissing will be commemorated on a blue plaque in Exeter. A contact from Exeter Civic Society writes: “I know that George Gissing is already commemorated with…
Treason! The Battle of Newland – a rollercoaster tale of riots, conspiracies, kings and knights. Wakefield Historical Society collaborated with West Yorkshire Archives and Wakefield Libraries to discover the truth about ‘The Battle of Newland’…
Read the latest news from the Friends of Waterton’s Wall: September newsletter
Wednesday 11 October, 2.30pm – 3.30pm, Wakefield Museum Free – booking required A free talk looking back on 100 years of exhibitions, collecting and stories! On 10 October 1923 Wakefield Museum first opened its doors…
“Scenes of Wakefield’s Past” at the Arthouse (Drury Lane) during Wakefield Live on the 23rd of September. The showing will begin at 13:00 but we will have refreshments, an introduction and chance to chat before…
We have received an enquiry from a Dutch ww2 airwar research foundation called Stichting Luchtoorlog Onderzoek Drenthe. They are researching the crash of Wellington BJ600 GT-C and are searching for info/relatives/pictures of one of the…