Wakefield Historical Society UK

@ncmme.bsky.social hold and conserve a collection of miners' banners

Much like the annual #BannersHeldHigh festival here in Wakefield. Also remembering the talk we had from the lovely people at @ncmme.bsky.social who hold a collection of banners #Wakefield #WorkingClassHistory

A small model of a castle in a glass case. It is in a library.

🏰 Come along to view our amazing model of Sandal Castle and listen to this fascinating talk. You will learn about the use and layout of the Castle from the ruins left behind!

- 20 October
- starts 5:45pm
- Wakefield Library

Booking essential, visit: www.ticketsource.co.uk/wakefield-li...

Workers at Burton Menswear, Leeds. The Hudson Road factory became the world's biggest clothing factory, employing 10,000 and producing more than 30,000 suits a week (West Yorkshire Archive).

The Diaries of Anthony Hewitson, Provincial Journalist, Volume 1: 1865–1887 Anthony Hewitson was a typical Victorian journalist, working in one of the largest sectors of the periodical press, provincial newspapers. His diaries, written between 1862 and 1912, lift the veil of ...

Anthony Hewitson, proprietor of the Wakefield and West Riding Herald.
Talk on 8 October.

Dr Andrew Hobbs lecture on Anthony Hewitson (1836-1912) was an eye-opener to the life of a Wakefield newspaper proprietor. Find out more: www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/whs-events/p...

Wakefield Historical Publications - Wakefield Historical Society Wakefield Historical Publications, established in 1977, has published almost 50 titles on all aspects of Wakefield and regional history.

A new booklet 'Discovering Wakefield's Early Railways' by Anthony Dawson FSAScot has been published by Wakefield Historical Publications. Find out more: www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/publications...

Celebrating Wakefield's Railway Heritage and Blue Plaque Unveiling - Wakefield Historical Society Celebrating Wakefield’s Railway Heritage and Blue Plaque Unveiling 2nd October at WX, Wakefield Wakefield Historical Society was delighted to attend the event hosted by Wakefield Civic Society at WX y...

Enjoyed 'Celebrating Wakefield's Railway Heritage and Blue Plaque Unveiling' on Thursday 2 October at WX Wakefield, part of Railway200. Find out more: www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/celebrating-...

Looks like a useful tool for historical research

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Plaque on St Matthew's Church, facing Holbeck Moor Road. It commemorates a violent incident on 27 September 1936 when crowds disrupted an attempted rally by fascists. Leeds Civic Trust plaque funded by Stand Up to Racism. Image Chemical Engineer CC !.0

The Battle of Holbeck Moor took place in Leeds on 27 September 1936, when Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists attempted a march through the city. Their original route through the Jewish quarter was blocked, but they regrouped and headed for Holbeck Moor, daubing swastikas in the Leylands 1/3

Please note that the Gissing Centre will not be open for Artwalk on Wednesday 24th September.

Wakefield Historical Publications - Wakefield Historical Society Wakefield Historical Publications, established in 1977, has published almost 50 titles on all aspects of Wakefield and regional history.

Did you know? You can now buy our publications by a simple click through PayPal (you don't need to have a PayPal account) Browse through what is available, some may have low stocks - so don't miss the opportunity! www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/publications...

Coming soon from Wakefield Historical Society, written to coincide with Railway200 and the unveiling of a Blue Plaque for Thomas Peckett, locomotive builder, who was born in Wakefield.

Heritage Open days in Wakefield and District

Nearly September and, as always, Heritage Open Days in our area are offering a wide selection of events with many venues opening especially.

Find out more: www.heritageopendays.org.uk/whats-on/pri...

Heritage Open Days 2025 Celebrate the heritage, community and history of the Wakefield district with Heritage Open Days Wakefield. Open days, workshops and more!

So much choice for Heritage Open Days in Wakefield and Pontefract! Time to pick your priorities - a couple are already booked up. experiencewakefield.co.uk/event/herita...?

If you are anywhere near Wakefield this long bank holiday weekend don't forget that its fascinating chantry chapel is open 10-4 each day. Why not combine it with a visit to nearby Sandal Castle @wflibraries.bsky.social @wfdhistsoc.bsky.social @wakefieldmuseums.bsky.social

Project at Thornes Bowling Club - Wakefield Historical Society Project at Thornes Bowling Club Keith Hawes and members of Thornes Bowling Club are researching the history of crown green bowling clubs in the Wakefield area. Their own club has received a grant from...

Find out about a new project connected to crown green bowling clubs in the Wakefield District. The Thornes club, originally provided by Paton and Baldwins is renovating their 1930s pavilion with help from Wakefield Council.

www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/project-at-t...

Michael Faulkner contacted our Society for a suitable place to donate it to, and we were happy to suggest the Library as a good home!

1 Leeds Rd, (Belgravia Towers), St. John's, Wakefield where Joseph Judge a flour & corn dealer was living in 1891. His son Fred set up Judges Postcards in Hastings in 1903. Joseph was from Winteringham, Lincs & his father Charles was a farmer, miller & dealer from Smarden, nr Ashford, Kent.

Grateful for any shares of the post below (and hope to see you in #Huddersfield for #Chartism Day.

It's holiday time & many of you would have heard of Judges Postcards who have existed since 1903 & have produced over 32,000 main series sepia tone & black & white cards & 800 London cards. They still exist today.
Fred Judge their founder was from Wakefield.
His parents Joseph & Harriet had him /1

Zoom in for a close-up of Wakefield's iconic '99 arches'!

Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape (Bill Nelson) 2/2

I posted this in another place about four years ago.

Fires on spires and chimneys of black
Fields on horizons with pylons that crack
With singing sad wires of council house mystics
To apply their statistics And read the tea leaves,
Time knows no limits for days such as these. 1/2

Text: Chartism Day 2025. Heritage Quay, Huddersfield, Saturday 6 September.

Book now for Chartism Day 2025 (and please share as widely as possible)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chartism-d...

Barker was buried across the other side of Denby Dale Road in the churchyard of St. James, Thornes. The fountain was Grade 2 listed in 1979. /3

40 men, 60 boys & 100 females. Barker, a worsted manufacturer lived at Holmefield House from 1863 after buying it from Thomas Foljambe for £6,500. He enlarged the house in the 1870's by adding a stable block, entrance lodge, boundary wall, carriage & an avenue big chestnut trees. /2

A decorative drinking fountain to Major Joseph Barker JP erected in Clarence Park, Wakefield in 1893 by the workforce of his worsted mill at Thornes Wharf. His father William Barker was a woolstapler. In 1861 Barker was living on Denby Dale Road & was a manufacturer of knitting worsted employing /1

Interesting stuff