Briggs’ Early Days
Adventures in Coal The booklet by Wakefield historian the late John Goodchild concentrates on the collieries owned and managed by Henry Briggs and his successors in the Whitwood and its … Continue Reading →
Adventures in Coal The booklet by Wakefield historian the late John Goodchild concentrates on the collieries owned and managed by Henry Briggs and his successors in the Whitwood and its … Continue Reading →
Pre-war public health legislation was framed to improve hygiene by preventing the local slaughter of animals from allotments and ordering that such action should take place in approved slaughter houses. … Continue Reading →
Saturday September 20th 1873 Extracted from Pontefract & Castleford Advertiser HB Wards Eleven v’s Methley & District This match played in the park (Castleford) resulted in victory for the … Continue Reading →
Methley Perceverance played in the Yorkshire League during the 1920’s and were league winners on two occasions during that decade. Yorkshire League Final Table 1923-1924 P … Continue Reading →
I am indebted to Alan Hodgson of Mirfield who in researching aspects of West Yorkshire football has sent abstracts relating to former Methley players who have gone on to play … Continue Reading →
Mary Alnie Kaye When John Sigsworth contacted me making enquiries about St Phillip’s church at Whitwood and then went on to ask about the young woman who was the victim … Continue Reading →
Foxholes Pit Explosion The following appeared in the Wakefield Express dated August 26th 1877. ‘Great excitement prevailed in the Methley district on Wednesday morning when it became known that about … Continue Reading →
Census of England and Wales 1911 (Methley) The census was carried out for all persons present in the identified dwellings of Methley over the period Sunday night 2nd April, 1911 … Continue Reading →
A printed poster on view at the National Mining Museum at Caphouse Colliery describes the dreadful state of industrial relations in and around Methley at this time. This was a … Continue Reading →
On Thursday, December 9th 1875 an explosion occurred in the mine workings belonging to Messrs. Henry Briggs, Son & Co. killing 5 men and 1 boy. (A brief report of … Continue Reading →