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Continue reading →: All Saints Church and the Forgotten Wentworth FamilyThe Wentworth family, South Kirkby’s All Saints church and national history are deeply intertwined.
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Continue reading →: Empire Working Men’s Club and InstituteThe Empire Working Men’s Club and Institute, in Moorthorpe, and the tragedy of bareknuckle boxing.
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Continue reading →: The GroveA potted history of an important local landmark, which is surprisingly not a listed building.
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Continue reading →: David Gareth JonesRemembering David Gareth Jones, killed in the 1984/85 miner’s strike.
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Continue reading →: Colonel John MorrisThe Death of Colonel John Morris, 1649, the Wentworth family and South Kirkby and South Elmsall’s royal heritage.
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Continue reading →: The Lansbury FamilyThe history of the suffragette movement, the Lansbury family and their ties to South Kirkby and Moorthorpe.
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Continue reading →: Arthur WhartonArthur Wharton was a pioneer, a world champion, a man of firsts, but he was forgotten.
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Continue reading →: Miner’s InstituteThe history of Moorthorpe Miner’s Institute and it’s importance to the community, and some remarkable visitors.
The Story of South Kirkby 