On 21st February, WHS members Lesley Taylor and Shirley Levon enjoyed speaking to a large, friendly and responsive audience at Halifax Antiquarian Society about John Smeaton and the Calder Navigation. Many of the Halifax ‘gentlemen’…
February Wed 01, 6pm, Anglo-Saxon Pagan Gods, Professor Ronald Hutton; David Game College, Aldgate/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/anglo-saxon-gods Tues 07, 6pm, Slavery and the British Economy, Professor Martin Daunton; Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn/ Online/ Watch Later gres.hm/slavery-british Wed 15, 6pm, Queen…
“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…
Wakefield Historical Society members Lesley Taylor and Shirley Levon have been invited to talk about John Smeaton and the Calder Navigation at the joint meeting of the South Yorkshire branch of the Newcomen Society and…
Information about a series of free public lectures hosted by the School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences at the University of Bradford.can be found on the link below. The next lecture will be on the…
If you are interested in church monuments, the Church Monuments Society are providing a series of free lectures for the season of All Hallows. Church Monuments Society lectures
Cuba, Revolution and Missiles Revisited: a look back 60 years on at war, empire and hope Saturday 22nd October 1pm. At the Red Shed, 18 Vicarage St, Wakefield, WF1 1QX 60 years to the day…
Although these are not a local organisation, there may be particular lectures of interest: September Weds 14, 6pm Progresses: Royal Courts on the Move in Tudor and Stuart England Professor Simon Thurley; David Game College, Aldgate/ Online/…
Lunchtime Talks: ‘Astounding Inventions’ lunchtime talks. Inventing the Future Stories behind significant and strange inventions through history, from Dolly the sheep to the humble ring pull, and the part Leeds Libraries have played in the…
WHS member Lorraine Simpson will be giving a talk to the Wakefield Quakers about the diaries of John Edward Bowman which she has transcribed and we have published. John Bowman was a lifelong and committed…