Next Event: Castleford's Coat of Arms Talk on Tuesday 13th October 1:30 - 3:30pm
Castleford Library - FREE!

Castleford’s Coat of Arms

Castleford Library, WF3 4HU

Tuesday 13th October, 1:30 - 3:30pm

FREE

Drop in and discover fascinating stories from Castleford’s past.
Learn about the town’s coat of arms and seal, Charter Day and the search for a Castleford Anthem while chatting with members of the Castleford Civic Society.
Find out more, contact: castlefordcivicsociety@gmail.com

We launched our Castleford Cemetery Heritage Trail
on the 15th February 2025.
Looking at gravestones in the Healdfield Road Cemetery, we explore the history of Castleford and the lives of the people who made it.
Want to know more?
Join a future walk or undertake a self guided tour please visit our website here.

This project has been delivered with hundreds of hours of volunteer work and is supported with funding by Wakefield Council and Our Year Wakefield 2024.

Create it

David Pickersgill, local historian and Civic Society member, leading the walk.

New Healdfield Cemetery Blue Plaque.

Sign on Cemetery gates
and QR coded video.
The video is available here.

David Pickersgill, local historian and Civic Society member, leading the walk.

Sign on Cemetery gates and QR coded video.

John Hughes laying a wreath in remembrance of his grandfather, Sergeant Charles Hughes who served in the 1st World War and never recovered his health after enduring a mustard gas attack in the Battle of Ypres.

Chris Kitchen, General Secretary of the NUM laying a wreath on behalf of the NUM expressing continuing respect for Herbert Smith who led the Mineworkers Federation of Great Britain at the time of the 1926 General Strike.

CONTACT US:

castlefordcivicsociety@gmail.com

Established 1972
Patron Lord St Oswald

Castleford’s Coat of Arms

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