Wakefield Word and Black Horse Poets celebrate #WMC100 Wakefield Museum, 23rd February 2024 5.30-6.30pm Wakefield Museums & Castles turned 100 in 2023! As part of our centenary celebrations, we picked 100 fascinating objects to represent our…
Talk by David Weldrake, Pontefract Castle, Wednesday 19th July, 1.30 – 2.30 pm. Alice de Lacy was nominally one of the most powerful women in 14th century England. She was a countess in her own…
Talk by Volunteers at Pontefract, free talk, Saturday 17th June, 2-3 pm Established as motte and bailey castles following the Norman Conquest, the history of Pontefract and Sandal Castles is in many ways the history…
Pontefract Castle, Pontefract, WF8 1QH Sat 18th March 2023 With the Yorkist defeat at Wakefield and the death of the heir to the throne Richard Dule of York, the House of Lancaster was now wholly…