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August 2018
Hepworth History Day
Hepworth Village Hall Don't miss this opportunity to find out how to start your Family History Research or, maybe break down that brickwall you've been pondering over. All the H&D FHS publications containing research data for Hepworth and the surrounding area will be available for consultation and purchase including: Further details of H&D FHS publications may be found here. Hepworth, Holy Trinity, Memorial Inscriptions will also be available.
Find out more »September 2018
Evolution of Asylum Photography
David Scrimgeour will follow up his early talk about Early Asylum Life with his new talk: Evolution of Asylum Patient Photography: The archives of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum in Wakefield contain hundreds of photographs of the insane poor. Rare examples date from 1868, by which time pioneering photographers at other institutions had been capturing patients’ images since the 1850s. Asylum Director James Crichton-Browne, the driving force behind the use of photography in Yorkshire, corresponded with celebrated naturalist Charles…
Find out more »Heritage Open Days 2018
Click here for full details of Heritage Open Day Events in Kirklees
Find out more »Family History Training Course
Runs weekly on Thursday Mornings from 13th September to 18th October 2018.
Find out more »Heritage Open Days – Holmfirth
On Friday 14th and Saturday 15th of September 10am to 4pm H&D FHS will also have an exhibition at the Church linked to the History of Hepworth where our latest publication, enabled by a Heritage Lottery Grant, ‘The History of Hepworth & District’ along with booklets relating the Shaw Family Papers will also be available for purchase. If you have family history interests in the Holme Valley this is definitely a date for your diary. Details of the full Heritage…
Find out more »November 2018
Family History Training Course (November)
Runs weekly on Thursday mornings 1st November to 13 December. Except for Thursday 8th November.
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