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Hidden West Yorkshire Episodes

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    Phoebe: The quiet ghost of Temple Newsam

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

  2. Mystery of 1920s Keighley poltergeist solved

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

  3. Monsters on Huddersfield Town Hall

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

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

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

  5. Leeds鈥� Quarry Hill flats

    Photographer Peter Mitchell documented the demise of the housing complex.

  6. Leeds' hidden Victorian jail

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

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

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

  8. Is new film based on Huddersfield Choral Society?

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

  9. Introducing... Hidden Bradford

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

  10. 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.

  11. Inside a 700 year old abandoned Leeds castle

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

  12. Ilkley's mysterious Roman tribeswoman

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

  13. I discovered the contract Revie never signed

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

  14. How tragedy struck a West Yorkshire circus

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

  15. How the Slaithwaite moonrakers fooled the police

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

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

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

  17. Heritage Open Day: Inside a mental health museum

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

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

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

  19. Heritage Open Day: Climbing Wainhouse Tower

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

  20. Headingley's lost bear pit

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

  21. Ghost sightings in Wakefield

    Rob Shersby talks to Gayle Lofthouse about the ghosts of Wakefield.

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

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

  23. Finding the lost Roundhay Summer House

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

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

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

  25. Bretton: From pleasure grounds to sculpture park

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

  26. Black Dick: The ghostly rider of Cockley Wood

    Explore the legend of Black Dick鈥檚 Tower and its haunting tale in West Yorkshire.

  27. Asda at 60: The supermarket giant started in Leeds

    Jess Bayley finds out how a group of farmers started a supermarket chain.

  28. Asa Briggs: The Keighley codebreaker

    From Keighley to Oxford, Asa Briggs chronicled Britain鈥檚 Victorian past.

  29. Arthur Aaron: Leeds鈥� WWII Victoria Cross Hero

    Kitty Ross from Leeds Museums and Galleries explains the bravery of Arthur Louis Aaron.

  30. A trip through Roman Castleford

    Gayle Lofthouse speaks to Dr Tegwen Roberts about the project.

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