“The Key to the North” – this was how generations of English Kings and politicians regarded Pontefract, lying as it did at a strategic point on the Great North Road, since Roman times the main highway and artery of communication between the English Midlands, Southern...
January is the time of year when gyms across the country see an upsurge in memberships as people aim to shift the pounds they have piled on over Christmas and get healthy for the new year. But, you don’t have to join a gym or health club to get fit when Yorkshire has...
Sitting a few miles outside Wakefield are the ruined remains of Sandal Castle. There is not much of the stonework left but the moat and motte of the early motte & bailey castle are still clearly visible. On my way back from a meeting at Nostell Priory, I travelled...
Jim Carley, Project Director of the Doncaster City Status Bid, writes: As a feature of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, a civic honours competition is being held once again to bestow a select number of localities with the prize of city status. Doncaster proudly...
The Yorkshire Post contacted us to ask what type of Yorkshire qualities we'd like to see come to the fore in 2022. Below is the reply - an 'op ed' piece published 3 Jan 2022. Earlier this year, The Yorkshire Society conducted a survey amongst the people of our region,...
Geoff Walsh, deputy Chair of The Yorkshire Society and Neil Heseltine, resident, farmer, Chair of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, and Vice Chair of the Malham Parish Council took the lead in unveiling the Society blue plaque commemorating the life of...
Hidden away behind York’s library and just outside Museum Gardens is a real historical treasure which I discovered thanks to the author Coin Speakman who recently showed me this strange structure on a visit to York. Society member, Tim Barber, writes: This recently...
The Yorkshire Society receives no public funds. Its survival depends almost entirely on individuals and organisations who share its values, aims and ambitions for Yorkshire joining as members. After careful consideration, The Yorkshire Society has now revised its...
EAST RIDING Here, ringed by Rivers Derwent, Humber, Ouse, Where Sykes of Sledmere tamed the rolling Wold And Hockney's brush paints rapeseed fields in gold Are places rich in lore that fires the Muse. In Welton, Warter, Wetwang, Wawne and Thwing Are sights that make...