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Hidden West Yorkshire Episodes

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    Robin Hood’s Penny Stone on a Yorkshire moor

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

  2. Prehistoric arrowhead found under Leeds road

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

  3. Popular Haworth pub that used to be a mortuary

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

  4. Pontefract's most famous export

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

  5. Pontefract: Home of the first secret ballot box

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

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

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

  7. Phoebe: The quiet ghost of Temple Newsam

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

  8. Mystery of 1920s Keighley poltergeist solved

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

  9. Monsters on Huddersfield Town Hall

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

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

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

  11. Leeds’ Quarry Hill flats

    Photographer Peter Mitchell documented the demise of the housing complex.

  12. Leeds' hidden Victorian jail

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

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

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

  14. Is new film based on Huddersfield Choral Society?

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

  15. Introducing... Hidden Bradford

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

  16. Introducing Hidden Eats

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

  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. I discovered the contract Revie never signed

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

  21. How tragedy struck a West Yorkshire circus

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

  22. How the Slaithwaite moonrakers fooled the police

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

  23. How Horsforth helped win the war

    The story of how Horsforth’s Warship Week led to a ship at the heart of the Enigma story.

  24. Hidden Eats: Timmy Taylor, Madonna's chosen tipple

    The story of how a Keighley brewery balances global fame with local roots.

  25. Hidden Eats: The humble beginnings of M&S

    How a Leeds market stall grew into a giant that shaped British shopping.

  26. Hidden Eats: The giant pies of Denby Dale

    How huge historic pies raised money and still support village life today.

  27. Hidden Eats: Pontefract, the liquorice capital

    The history of Pontefract’s liquorice connects local farms with Hollywood greats.

  28. Hidden Eats: A stroll down Quality Street

    From mill work to sweets, the story of how a Halifax couple built a national favourite.

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

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

  30. Heritage Open Day: Inside a mental health museum

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

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