Category Archives: Talks & Tours

Talk: The History of Rowntrees

The History of Rowntrees – an online talk by Karen Adams. From Joseph Rowntree Sr, [...]

21
Feb
Talk: The Pontefract Murder by Eric Jackson

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

2 Comments

29
Jan
2021 Events Calendar

[...]

1 Comment

17
Jan
Talk: Pontefract’s Broken Bridge

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

07
Jan
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
Eboracum to York.
Talk: Eboracum to York

Our next talk will be held on Tuesday, 13th October, 2020 at 7pm on Zoom. This event will be recorded. Bookings [...]

06
Oct
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
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