Blue Civic Plaques in Castleford

The Civic Society are in the process of refreshing some of the town’s existing plaques and also introducing new ones. We’ve recently replaced a plaque on Chantry Vets, Church Street (previously Mexborough Arms) which denotes the site of a Roman Fortification at the time of the 1st and 2nd centuries.
A first for us, is the introduction of a QR coded video, which provides information on what this particular site would have potentially looked like at the time when the Romans occupied Castleford.

One of the two blue plaques on the old bridge in Castleford has been replaced (the former one was quite faded) and we plan to replace the other and include a QR coded video explaining some of the history around this strategic crossing point on the River Aire.

Ultimately, we hope to develop a Civic Plaque Trail but at present we are continuing to refresh existing plaques and introduce new ones.

Castleford Bridge - 2 plaques
1) Built in 1808 by Jesse Hartley. Designed by his father in 1805 Bernard Hartley, surveyor of West Yorkshire Bridges. (Civic Society)
2) Centenary plaque (Civic Society and Castleford Heritage Trust)

Roman Bath House
Uncovered in 1978, the remains of a preserved military bath house of a Roman Auxiliary Fort. (West Yorkshire Archaeology Service) It marks where the remains are beneath - needs re-powdering.
Location - Savile Road Roundabout, Castleford.

Roman structure
Western defensive rampart of the remains of a Roman Auxiliary Fort of the 1st Century AD (West Yorkshire Archaeology Service).
It marks where the remains are beneath.
Location - Chantry Vets, Castleford.

Roman structure
Remains of a stone and wooden building of a Roman Settlement or Vicus of the 1st and 2nd Century AD (West Yorkshire Archaeology Service). It marks where the remains are beneath.
Location - Five Towns Centre, Welbeck Street, Castleford.

Henry Moore
1898-1986 born here (Civic Society), structure.
Location - Roundhill Road, Castleford.

Former North Eastern Hotel
The location where, after a meeting in June 1926, the Castleford Rugby League Football Club was formed (Civic Society).
Location - Station Road, Castleford.

Lieutenant Corporal Thomas Bryan VC
Received the Victoria Cross for his role in the Battle of Arras, April 1917 (Civic Society)
Location - Castleford Library, Carlton Street, Castleford.

Site of Castleford War Memorial Hospital
Funded by local miners and opened by HRH Princess Mary on August 1929 (Civic Society)
Location - Barnes Road, Castleford.

Queen's Mill
World’s largest Stone Ground Flour Mill (2000 years of milling flour in Castleford) (Civic Society)
Location - Queen's Mill, Aire Street.

Millennium Clock
Marking the occasion of the unveiling of the new clock which replaced a former historic clock (Civic Society)
Location - Castleford Library, Carlton Street.

Queens Jubilee
(Civic Society)
Location - Queens Park (on the Bandstand).

Alice Gostick 1875-1964
An artist and ground-breaking art teacher, her vision and mentoring inspired creativity on a local, national and international level – Henry Moore and others (Empath Action CIC and Wakefield Council)
Location - Castleford Academy (in the reception area) on Ferrybridge Road.

Healdfield Road Cemetery
Denoting the opening in 1857 of Castleford’s Victorian Cemetery.
Location - Healdfield Road in Castleford.