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Volume 1 1974 The Journal was inaugurated for the 50th Year of the Society
| At St Helen's Church Sandal |
Brenda Andrassy |
| A Harrison Letter |
Eric S Whittle |
| Medieval Livery Collars |
Richard Knowles |
| A Gentlewoman: Mary Pilkington 1826- 1909 |
Mary Ingham |
| Pipes: Clay Pipes from Wrenthorpe |
H Waddington |
| The Pindar Far Afield |
J. V. Gough |
| The Tammy Hall at Wakefield |
John Goodchild |
| The Westgate Fountain |
R. G. Pearson |
| The Changing City |
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| The Funeral of the Duke of York |
E. Wright |
| Medieval Church Locker |
G. F. Blakeley |
Volume 2 1975
| The Story of Clayton Hospital |
Will Read |
| The Calder Soap Works, a Monster Chimney |
Sam Baines |
| Richard III Memorial Window, Fotheringhay |
George F Blakeley |
| European Architectural Heritage Year, 1975. A Preliminary List of Buildings of Industrial Interest in the Wakefield District |
John Goodchild |
| Re-identification of a Harewood Alabaster |
Richard Knowles |
| The Benedictine Burials in Kirkthorpe Churchyard |
Eric S Whittle |
| Surveyor of the Highways |
J Bulwer |
Volume 3 1976
| The Life of a Working Man 1882-1926 |
Mary Ingham |
| A Yorkshire Export |
Richard Thickett |
| A Story of Old Thornes Lane or Bolton's Donkey |
W.S. Longley |
| An Elizabethan Date Stone |
George G. Blakeley |
| The Petersons: An American Mercantile in Wakefield |
John Goodchild |
Public Transport: 'A Penny One Please'
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Volume 4 1977
Drawings of Wakefield by Henry Clarke
Volume 5 1978
Transcriptions with Introductions of:
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John Goodchild |
Volume 6 1979
| A 16th century Funeral Account |
Richard Knowles |
| Brick Making in the Wakefield District |
John Goodchild |
| Wakefield Mechanics' Institute |
Clifford Brook |
| To Scarborough for the Weekend 1845 |
Peter I. Wood |
| Another Wakefield Worthy: H.S. Goodyear |
R. G. Pearson |
| At Number Eight: some Family Recollections |
Eric L Raper |
Contents of Volumes 7 and 8 not available at present
Volume 9 1982
| Holy Wells in and around Leeds, Bradford and Pontefract. |
Andrea N Smith |
| Lewis Twigge and Son of Wakefield |
Eric Raper |
| The State of Zion: the 1851 Religious Census |
John F Wilkinson |
Volume 10 1983
| The Chain Bridge: Denby Dale Road |
Eric Raper |
| James Milnes, an Eighteenth Century Wakefield Merchant Prince |
John Goodchild |
| Extracts from the Diary of Edward Simpson of Walton, 1864 |
ed by Mary Ingham |
There is a gap of 15 years between Volume 10 and 11 of the Society's Journal Members of the Society contributed many articles to 3 volumes of Aspects of Wakefield, Discovering Local History, edited by Kate Taylor, published by Wharncliffe Publishing, 1998, 1999, 2001.
Volume 11 1998 Some aspects of Wakefield in the 20th Century
| Slum clearance and municipal housing in Wakefield: a preliminary note |
John Goodchild |
| Arthur Dixon: Tram Conductor |
Peter Wood |
| A Park Lodge Lane Childhood |
Eric Raper |
| Musical Meanderings: early 20th century memories |
Ronald G Pearson |
| Entertainment, Recreation and Leisure in twentieth century Wakefield |
Kate Taylor |
Volume 12 2001
| The Changing Shape of Wakefield Cathedral |
Richard Nicholls |
| Clara's Wardrobe Opened: from Clara Clarkson's journals 1831- 1876 |
Christine Ellis |
| The Corn Exchange in Wakefield |
John Goodchild |
| Flights of Fancy: Wakefield and flying: 18th to 20th century |
Peter Wood |
| Forty Years On: some Wakefield businesses in the 19th and 20th Centuries |
Eric Raper |
| Churches and Chapels of Wakefield in the 20th century |
Stella Hutching |
Volume 13 2004
| The Constables and Town Officials of Wakefield before the Town Council of 1848 |
John Goodchild |
| The Black Bull or Great Bull Inn of Wakefield |
Sandra Hargreaves |
| The Beginnings of Pigeon Fancying in the Wakefield Area |
John Goodchild |
| How the Assizes came to Leeds |
Kate Taylor |
| Great Crowds and Cordial greetings: the Royal Visit to Wakefield, July 1912. |
Deborah Scriven |
| Another John Carr. |
John Goodchild |
Volume 14 2005
| Wakefield and the Second World War |
Peter Wood |
Volume 15 2008
| Wakefield's Navy: Wakefield's contribution to the Second World War Navy |
Phil Judkins |
| Working for the Railway: the Wakefield locomotive sheds and their work people |
John Goodchild |
| Fire! A Westgate inn in the eighteenth century. |
Lesley Taylor |
| West Riding County General Hospital: memories of a worker. |
Alan Bellinger |
| Sutcliffe's Drawing Office |
Bob Sykes |
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