Brewing at Lane Head Brewing is an old industry that goes back millennia to the ancient Sumarians and Egyptians. At Lane Head, Shepley, the Sovereign Inn (formerly “The Royal Sovereign Inn”) was the original site of Seth Senior’s brewery, established in 1829. Seth started his working life as a stone mason and lived in one […]
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As we prepare to re-open Shepley’s Digital Archives in early 2023 we provide a taster of the new exhibition about the Senior brewing family of the Royal Sovereign Inn and Highfield Brewery, Shepley Lane Head.
Will Roebuck discusses the strange curse of witchcraft and satanic rites in Birdsedge. A mysterious lead plaque discovered in a dry stone wall around 30 years ago revealed that Christianity wasn’t the only ‘religion’ practiced in Yorkshire’s remote Pennine hills. It’s well documented that the Quakers established early meeting houses at High Flatts and Lane […]
Local residents in Shepley are being asked to share any information they have about the people long-gone who used to live, work and play in the local area. The request comes following the recent publication of Shepley’s census records 1841-1911 on the community website. Many long standing, well-established local families have forebears who appear in the […]
You may remember that thieves stole a couple of the bronze plaques from Shepley War Memorial back in the 1970s. The plaques commemorated those who had died during both world wars. One recently turned up at an auction in South West England after its recovery from the bottom of a lake. Villagers from different groups […]
The Shepley Hub is running a new social history project with help from children, parents and staff at Shepley First School. Named ‘Fond Reflections Of A Pennine Village’, the initiative will see children from Year 5 interviewing older members of the Shepley community about their life in the village. They want to hear all about their earliest […]
Villagers have launched a new community group in Shepley to showcase the rich history and heritage of the village. They launched The Shepley History Society at a meeting on 21st September in the village library. Local historian David Billington was guest of honour as he discussed his book Shepley: Believe It Or Not. Published some […]