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Hidden West Yorkshire Episodes

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    The blue lady of Temple Newsam

    In the build up to Halloween we look at the spooky side of West Yorkshire.

  2. The battle of the Gawthorpe Maypole

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

  3. The American blues pianist who made Halifax home

    鈥楥hampion鈥� Jack Dupree fled America in the 60s and found his way to Ovenden.

  4. 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.

  5. The 330 million year old oddity in Bradford park

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

  6. Sunken bridge reappears during reservoir drought

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

  7. Shibden Hall and the real "Gentleman Jack"

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

  8. Rudyard Kipling story inspired by Wakefield man

    Chris Green talks about Frederick Wilson from Wakefield.

  9. Robin Hood鈥檚 Penny Stone on a Yorkshire moor

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

  10. Pontefract's most famous export

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

  11. Pontefract: 蜜芽传媒 of the first secret ballot box

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

  12. Pontefract Castle鈥檚 Grim Role in Richard II鈥檚 Fall

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

  13. Phoebe: The quiet ghost of Temple Newsam

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

  14. Leeds鈥� Quarry Hill flats

    Photographer Peter Mitchell documented the demise of the housing complex.

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

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

  16. Introducing... Hidden Bradford

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

  17. 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.

  18. Inside a 700 year old abandoned Leeds castle

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

  19. Ilkley's mysterious Roman tribeswoman

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

  20. How tragedy struck a West Yorkshire circus

    Rare, 19th-century circus posters are revealed in Wakefield.

  21. How the Slaithwaite moonrakers fooled the police

    Kath Shackleton from the Moonraking Festival explains the history of the event.

  22. Heritage Open Day: The Old Fire Station in Gipton

    Behind the scenes at a former Fire Station that is now a community hub.

  23. Heritage Open Day: Inside a mental health museum

    Jess Bayley has been to Wakefield to look around the Mental Health Museum.

  24. Heritage Open Day: Hidden 200-year-old forge

    Inside a 200-year old blacksmith鈥檚, that forged items for the canal.

  25. Heritage Open Day: Climbing Wainhouse Tower

    Inside Calderdale鈥檚 tallest structure, affectionately known as the 鈥楾ower of Spite鈥�.

  26. Headingley's lost bear pit

    Martin Hamilton from Leeds Civic Trust talks plans for historic Leeds bear pit.

  27. For Sale: The wood with a ballroom and waterfall

    Goit Stock Wood near Bingley known locally as the "hidden valley".

  28. Finding the lost Roundhay Summer House

    Rachael Unsworth and Steve Bailey search the park for the lost outbuilding.

  29. Dewsbury's 'Devil's Knell': A Christmas Tradition

    Cara Thorpe explores why this Christmas tradition started with a murder.

  30. Bretton: From pleasure grounds to sculpture park

    The Yorkshire Sculpture Park's Mike Chesman on the history and future of Bretton Park.

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