100 Years of Wakefield Historical Society. In the 1970s the Society campaigned hard to save the Elizabethan Grammar School. By the 80s what a difference a few years made! It needs us again now.
100 Years of Wakefield Historical Society. In 1952 a prophetic President, H.C. Haldane commented vigorously on the first removal of Queen Victoria’s statue from the Bull Ring and remarked on “modern” sculpture!
100 Years of Wakefield Historical Society. The Gissing House opened in 1990, the first Chair, our President, Douglas Hallam. A delightful small museum surely worth saving for the City.
100 Years of Wakefield Historical Society. In 1977 the Society published “The Drawings of Henry Clarke” as the Journal. These were successful and provided a financial springboard for WHP to be formed. Copies are held…
100 Years of Wakefield Historical Society. In our fiftieth year, 1974, The Dalesman published a brief account of the Society, written by our member Ernest Wright. Still of interest.
100 Years of Wakefield Historical Society. Returning to Sandal Castle, in 1975 the Society was delighted to be included in a Civic Trust Heritage Year Award for its years of work.
“From Morley Boy to Westminster Knight”, talk by Sir Rodney Brooke Wednesday 7 December, 7.30pm West Yorkshire History Centre, Kirkgate. Non-members welcome, but please email us as space is limited: info@WakefieldHistoricalSociety.org.uk Secrets of the hunt…
Online talk on “John Smeaton and the Calder Navigation”, 14 April 2021 by Lesley Taylor and Shirley Levon Lesley Taylor explained that the research that she and Shirley Levon had conducted was initiated during the…
Richard Knowles introduced us to a little known historian, Thomas Gent (1693-1778), at our online meeting on the 10th February. Born in Dublin and apprenticed to a printer in 1707, he moved to London in…
Gary Brannan, a member of our Society, and recently an archivist at West Yorkshire History Centre, delivers a talk about the importance of archives on YouTube. He is now the Keeper of Archives and Special…