Category Archives: Heritage

Talk: The Pontefract Murder by Eric Jackson

Online Talk – The story of the robbery and brutal murder, in 1918, of the [...]

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29
Jan
Talk: Pontefract’s Broken Bridge

How Harry Battye and Eric Houlder identified the site of Pontefract’s eponymous ‘Broken Bridge’ In [...]

07
Jan
Close up shot of the town hall poppy waterfall display.
Waterfall of 1500 poppies and schools display of 200 more!

Pontefract Civic Society is proud to say that the poppy display is up on Pontefract [...]

06
Nov
A sketch of the basement of the houses or parliment.
Talk: The Gunpowder Plot

Our next talk will be held on Wednesday, 11th November, 2020 at 7pm on Zoom. Bookings for this event on [...]

04
Nov
Angloe Saxon Church
Talk: The Discovery of Domesday Pontefract

Our next talk will be held on Tuesday, 22nd September, 2020 at 7pm on Zoom. This event will be recorded. [...]

15
Sep
Talk: Discover Pontefract’s Hidden Heritage

This week, Pontefract Civic Society launches Heritage Open Days, which in Pontefract runs from Fri [...]

08
Sep
Viking helmet and bearded axe.
Talk: Vikings in Yorkshire

Our next talk will be held on Wednesday, 26th August, 2020 at 7pm on Zoom. Bookings for this event on [...]

19
Aug
VJ Day 75th Anniversary – Pontefract remembers ‘the forgotten’

Pontefract Civic Society was proud to have staged this closed ceremony with Ackworth & Pontefract [...]

18
Aug
Women working in the Barnbow factory.
Talk: Barnbow: National Shell-filling Factory no. 1 and the 1916 Explosion

Our next talk will be held on Monday, 29th June, 2020 at 7pm on Zoom. The talk, entitled “Distinguished [...]

22
Jun
VE Day

Since January, Phil Cook and our Decoration Squad have been curating a 16-day VE Day [...]

07
May