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.
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.
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).
2019 Meeting Programme
Thursday 31st January: Margaret Moseley will talk about "Secrets from the Ledger" - a description of local life from the accounts kept by a 19th century Bardsey schoolmaster.
Thursday 21st March: Victor Hawkins will talk about "The Railways of Wetherby and District".
Thursday 23rd May: Sylvia Pinkney will talk on "Ledston Hall and Ledsham Church - the Hastings Connection".
Thursday 26th September: Annual General Meeting followed by local recollections and anecdotes - find out if Biggles was from East Keswick.
Thursday 7th November: Malcolm Brooke will talk about the Baedeker Raid on York in World War Two.
Thursday 12th December: Christmas meeting.
Additionally, we are planning a couple of visits for the summer months. Details to follow.
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