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Hidden West Yorkshire Episodes

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    The battle of the Gawthorpe Maypole

    Duncan Smith describes the events that took place when the maypole was sawn down

  2. The Battle of Holbeck Moor

    In 1936 the people of Holbeck in Leeds fought back against fascism.

  3. The ancient festival that refuses to fade

    The story behind a centuries-old celebration in the Calder Valley.

  4. The American blues pianist who made Halifax home

    ‘Champion’ Jack Dupree fled America in the 60s and found his way to Ovenden.

  5. The 700 year old mill hoping to exist off-grid

    The owners of a Hebden Bridge mill are trying to raise funds to pay for repairs.

  6. The 330 million year old oddity in Bradford park

    Lister Park is home to one of the oldest fossilised trees in the world.

  7. Sunken bridge reappears during reservoir drought

    Low water levels at Baitings reservoir have revealed previously hidden structures.

  8. Shibden Hall and the real "Gentleman Jack"

    Historian Angela Clare on the real life and story of Halifax's Anne Lister.

  9. Rudyard Kipling story inspired by Wakefield man

    Chris Green talks about Frederick Wilson from Wakefield.

  10. Robin Hood’s Penny Stone on a Yorkshire moor

    John Billingsley from the Folklore Centre, Todmorden explains its significance.

  11. Prehistoric arrowhead found under Leeds road

    Over 6000 artefacts unearthed during the construction of a major new road in Leeds.

  12. Popular Haworth pub that used to be a mortuary

    The Royal Oak, Haworth is famous with visitors to Brontë Country and railway enthusiasts.

  13. Pontefract's most famous export

    It's 50 times sweeter than sugar, but why is Pontefract so synonymous with liquorice?

  14. Pontefract: Home of the first secret ballot box

    Why 'potwalloping' and polling went hand in hand, Dave Evans explains.

  15. Pontefract Castle’s Grim Role in Richard II’s Fall

    Ian Downes from Wakefield Council talks to Gayle Lofthouse about the castle’s past.

  16. Phoebe: The quiet ghost of Temple Newsam

    Discover Phoebe Grey’s story. A kind maid lost to time at Temple Newsam.

  17. Mystery of 1920s Keighley poltergeist solved

    Keighley woman Gwendoline Morley claimed to have been haunted by a poltergeist.

  18. Monsters on Huddersfield Town Hall

    Mary Lister explores what life could look like if mythology clashed with modern life.

  19. Mill money to museum: The story of Cliffe Castle

    Step inside Cliffe Castle and uncover its journey from home to museum.

  20. Leeds’ Quarry Hill flats

    Photographer Peter Mitchell documented the demise of the housing complex.

  21. Leeds' hidden Victorian jail

    Under Leeds Town Hall is a maze of prison cells and an old courthouse.

  22. Leeds Uni uncover the oldest-known book on cheese

    The 16th century manuscript depicts the earliest uses of cheese.

  23. Is this Halifax nightclub the oldest in the UK?

    The Acapulco nightclub, aka "The Mighty Acca", claims to be the oldest in the country.

  24. Is new film based on Huddersfield Choral Society?

    Yorkshire choir believe that they may be the inspiration for the new Alan Bennett film.

  25. Introducing... Hidden Bradford

    Exploring history, legends and tales from Bradford UK City of Culture 2025.

  26. Introducing Hidden Eats

    Darren Williams tells the stories behind some of the region’s most iconic food brands.

  27. Inside the deepest, longest canal tunnel in the UK

    Standedge Tunnel has been opened to canoeists for the first time in its 200-year history.

  28. Inside a 700 year old abandoned Leeds castle

    There is a 14th Century castle nestled within a forest on the Harewood Estate.

  29. Ilkley's mysterious Roman tribeswoman

    How did a tribeswoman from Shropshire end up in West Yorkshire?

  30. I discovered the contract Revie never signed

    Adam Pope discovered an unsigned contract in his mother's bungalow.

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