Welcome to our local history resource.
We are certainly surrounded by history here. Pontefract & Sandal castles are interesting ruins and York is not too far away. Richard II died at Pontefract castle and the area was famous for its liquorice - hence the poem by Betjeman. Ackworth Youth Choir have performed a musical version of the poem. Wentbridge claims to be the birthplace of Robin Hood - and rather more certainly, Nostell Priory was the birthplace of John Harrison - the clockmaker who created such wonderful machines that they still perform with the astounding accuracy that allowed them to make the first practical calculations of longitude at sea. Luke Howard - who named the cloud formations - lived in Ackworth Court and his daughter founded the Howard School. You can also search for more information at the West Yorkshire Archaeology Website.
We are going to increase the number of pages soon but for now
you can choose from one of these topics:-