The Yorkshire Heritage Guardians

“Heritage” is a somewhat overused word, but strictly speaking it means something that is handed down from one person or one generation to another.

Join us at the 2023 Yorkshire Heritage Summit. Victoria Hall, Saltaire. 18th May 2023.

Here at The Yorkshire Society we take Yorkshire’s heritage very seriously so we created the Yorkshire Heritage Guardians to provide the region’s many voluntary, not for profit and charitable organisations, large and small – some of them learned societies with a history going back nearly 200 years – with a much needed means to work together to both protect and promote Yorkshire’s priceless heritage as a whole.

All share The Yorkshire Society’s passion for what makes our region great: its history, culture, landscape, nature and people.

WHAT WE DO

Support each member’s work and projects.

Promote the value and importance of Yorkshire’s heritage.

Provide a united voice with authority.

Identify areas of mutual interest.

Initiate group events and activities.

Lobby as a collective to increase influence.

Organise the annual Yorkshire heritage summit.

Who’s Involved?

These organisations have all joined us and are working together to protect and promote Yorkshire’s heritage.

Click on a name to find out more about what they do.

YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE ASSOC OF CIVIC SOCIETIES

YORKSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST

PLACE YORKSHIRE

THE YORKSHIRE ASSOC OF BLUE BADGE TOURIST GUIDES

NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS ASSOCIATION

THE YORKSHIRE DIALECT SOCIETY

YORKSHIRE DALES MILLENNIUM TRUST

YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

THE YORKSHIRE WOLDS HERITAGE TRUST

THE YORKSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

PENNINE HERITAGE

FRIENDS OF THE DALES

THE YORKSHIRE GARLAND GROUP

THE YORKSHIRE RIDINGS SOCIETY

RYEDALE COMMUNITY CHARTER

PONTEFRACT CIVIC SOCIETY

FRIENDS OF HUNGER HILLS WOODS

WHARFEDALE NATURALISTS SOCIETY

WAKEFIELD CIVIC SOCIETY

FRIENDS OF LAWNSWOOD CEMETERY

THE VALE OF SNAITH ACTION GROUP

COLNE VALLEY MUSEUM

HOWDEN CIVIC SOCIETY

FOXWOOD RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

SELBY CIVIC SOCIETY

RIBBLE RIVERS TRUST

FOLK IN HULL

HULL CIVIC SOCIETY

THE THORESBY SOCIETY

WASHBURN HERITAGE CENTRE

NORTH DUFFIELD CONSERVATION AND LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

KEIGHLEY & WORTH VALLEY RAILWAY

BAHAMAS LOCOMOTIVE SOCIETY

EAST YORKSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

HUDDERSFIELD LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

ILKLEY MANOR HOUSE

LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL SOCIETY

FRIENDS OF KEIGHLEY LIBRARY

BILTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

YORK GEORGIAN SOCIETY

MALHAMDALE LOCAL HISTORY GROUP

WAKEFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY

HEBDEN BRIDGE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

SALTAIRE FESTIVAL

RICHARD III SOCIETY YORKSHIRE BRANCH

YORKSHIRE REWILDING NETWORK

ADDINGHAM CIVIC SOCIETY HERITAGE GROUP

HUNTER ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

LEEDS MALE VOICE CHOIR

NEW LYKE WAKE CLUB

WATH HALL PRESERVATION SOCIETY

KNARESBOROUGH CIVIC SOCIETY

NORTH CRAVEN BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST

CALDERDALE INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM

WHITBY BUILDINGS PRESERVATION TRUST

YORKSHIRE WATERWAYS HERITAGE SOCIETY

DALES MUSIC AND DANCE COLLECTIVE

YORK ARCHAEOLOGY

An Open Invitation

If your organisation would like to be involved and join the Yorkshire Heritage Guardians, please get in touch.

heritage@theyorkshiresociety.org

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