Welcome to our website
We hope you enjoy looking at our website, which we created in Autumn 2015 to provide information about the history of East Keswick, and about the East Keswick Local History Group. The website is in the course of being developed, with new content being added.
East Keswick is a village 10 miles north east of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. Its history dates back to the Doomsday Book.
The Local History Group undertakes research into the history of East Keswick and the surrounding area. It has around 50 members and meets regularly in the village. We also have a couple of outside meetings each year. New members are always welcome.
Photographs - December 2020 update - Some more photos have been uploaded - see the photo galleries page
East Keswick is a village 10 miles north east of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. Its history dates back to the Doomsday Book.
The Local History Group undertakes research into the history of East Keswick and the surrounding area. It has around 50 members and meets regularly in the village. We also have a couple of outside meetings each year. New members are always welcome.
Photographs - December 2020 update - Some more photos have been uploaded - see the photo galleries page
Our meetings
Anyone is welcome to attend our meetings, which are mostly free to members, and £5 to non members.
Unless otherwise stated, meetings are at 8pm in the Verity Room of East Keswick Village Hall (School Lane, East Kewsick, Leeds LS17 9DA).
Unless otherwise stated, meetings are at 8pm in the Verity Room of East Keswick Village Hall (School Lane, East Kewsick, Leeds LS17 9DA).
2020 Meeting Programme
Thursday 30th January: Eric Jackson, who is a trustee of Pontefract & Ackworth Almshouse Charity, will speak on "The history of Almshouses".
The remainder of the 2020 programme has had to be postponed due to the Covid19 pandemic. Once we are in a position to meet again safely, we will put together a new meeting programme. (This is unlikely to include any meetings in the remainder of 2020.)
Virtual talks by the Thoresby Society in November 2020: The Society is organising a number of talks in November, which you can access without charge, using Zoom. Use the link below to the Thoresby Society website for further details. Please note that you need to obtain the Zoom link from the Society in advance of the talk.
thoresby.org.uk/content/lectures.php
Membership
You don’t have to be actively involved in researching local history to become a member. If you have an interest in the history of East Keswick and the surrounding area you should find our programme interesting. For an annual subscription (currently £10) members will receive a newsletter, and entrance to most meetings will be free.
Contact Liz Parr, Secretary, email: ekhistory@gmail.com
You don’t have to be actively involved in researching local history to become a member. If you have an interest in the history of East Keswick and the surrounding area you should find our programme interesting. For an annual subscription (currently £10) members will receive a newsletter, and entrance to most meetings will be free.
Contact Liz Parr, Secretary, email: ekhistory@gmail.com