By the end of the nineteenth century, Leeds had become the largest producer of forced rhubarb in the United Kingdom. Just before the Great War, 4 to 6,000 tons of rhubarb left Leeds each year to be sold in London and other cities. Yet in 1850 hardly any forced rhubarb...
PRESS RELEASE A Guide to the Trees of Valley Gardens, Harrogate, by Society member, Jane Blayney, and Simon Hill with a foreword by Martin Fish. Published by VIDAR Media Group Ltd. ISBN 9781999346867 An essential guide to the trees of Valley Gardens Harrogate has just...
Ilkley Manor House, situated in a quiet courtyard just to the west of Ilkley Parish Church, is one of Yorkshire’s most fascinating buildings. Built on the ruins of the town’s Roman Fort, re-cycling some of the fort’s original stonework, it has the distinction of...
Society Vice President, Marco Pierre White is celebrating his 45-year career with The Great White Food Festival in Harrogate from 28th – 30th October and it looks set to be the ultimate foodie day out! Our thanks to Marco and the organisers for giving Society members...
Tim Barber, Yorkshire Society member and volunteer has just returned from a remote Ugandan village having helped to build a playground to encourage children’s attendance at the local school. He tells his story below… I had seen a post on Facebook from a former work...
MORE THAN A LINE ON A MAP By Terry Ashby Walker and writer Terry Ashby, a member of The Yorkshire Society, invites readers to accompany him on his journey along the historic North Riding-West Riding Boundary, from Swarth Fell Pike in the high Pennines to the outskirts...
PRESS RELEASE 2nd September 2022 History Prize renamed to honour Harry Gration The Yorkshire Society, a not-for-profit membership organisation for people who love Yorkshire, has relaunched its History Prize competition after a three year break due to the covid...
Over 150 specially invited guests gathered at Oxenhope railway station, on a beautiful summer morning, to take a specially commissioned steam train from the iconic Keighley & Worth Valley railway to Keighley station, 4½ mile down the picturesque track. A sumptuous...
As a part of the Yorkshire Day weekend in Keighley, the Yorkshire Dialect Society and the Yorkshire Society, in partnership with the Friends of Keighley Library and Bradford Council, staged Yorkshire Dialect Day, a special day school on July 30th in Keighley Local...