Roll of Honour
Pontefract & Castleford Express 19th December, 1947 Village Memorial WWII To raise £500 to complete the memorial in St Oswald’s Church to the villagers who gave their lives to the … Continue Reading →
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War Memorial WW1
Unveiling of the War Memorial– Sunday April 10th, 1921 at 3.00pm A simple but very impressive ceremony was witnessed in St Oswald’s churchyard on Sunday afternoon, when the memorial which … Continue Reading →
Colliers Strike 1893
July 1893 Manpower at Methley Collieries at the time of Colliers Strike Colliery Men and Boys Savile … Continue Reading →
Bell Pit
It was 1950, midwinter and freezing. We’d just come across ice covered water in a steep hollow between some trees. The ice was thick and in the middle was a … Continue Reading →
Albert Micklefield’s Notebooks
I am indebted to Ian Micklefield of Methley who has provided me with typewritten copies of the Albert Micklefield notebook entries by year – appended is the copy for year … Continue Reading →
Notebooks from the Reading Rooms
Three notebooks/diaries submitted by Terry Livsey of Methley Junction site are in the form of diaries on early printed small cash books. The three handwritten books are in the style … Continue Reading →
Disaster at Oulton Mine 1910
Whilst searching for details of a fatality at Savile, I came across the following report in the local paper of a serious accident at the Water Haigh Mine in the … Continue Reading →
A Visit to the Archaeology Department
The following is an incomplete list of information extracted following a visit to the West Yorkshire Archaeological Service offices in Wakefield. (Acknowledgement Mr I Sanderson WY Archaeology Dept.) •There is … Continue Reading →
Archbishops Visitation Records
The Visitations (accountability meetings) were occasionally held at Nostell Priory and the records reveal :- presentations (fines) for moral misdemeanours, non payment of assessments, failing to take communion and, or, … Continue Reading →
The Parsonage
A license to re-build the parsonage house in 1690 states that ‘the decays were through the neglect and the long non-residence of the incumbent’ (Tobias Conyers 1676 – 1687). It … Continue Reading →