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…
Leeds Central Library are hosting an online talk on July 24th about the Battle of Wakefield in 1460. It is free, but the number of tickets are limited. For more information, and to book, please…
Leeds Central Library are hosting two local history talks: Leeds Antiquarians of the 17th and 18th centuries on 29th May, and Leeds Antiquarians of the 19th and 20th centuries on 12th June. Free booking: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/leedslibraryevents.…
If you are researching from home, the Society of Antiquaries has a useful list of online resources, both UK and abroad, and including many that are usually only available to academics. Online Resources
You may not, this summer, be able to visit the Gissing Centre in Wakefield, (the childhood home of renowned Victorian novelist George Gissing) but you may have time to enjoy a ‘Readalong” of his novel “The…
CBA Festival of Archaeology to go ahead with revised format The Festival of Archaeology will now be taking place in two parts with a series of digital events in July and on the ground events in October. In July…
The Council for British Archaeology have made all their publications free to download at the moment, and their ‘hub’ provides links to useful websites and online resources. https://new.archaeologyuk.org