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Wakefield Museum is a local museum in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, north England, covering the history of the city of Wakefield and the local area from prehistoric times onwards. [ 1 ] History
Clarke Hall, Wakefield, 17th-century country house and gardens, closed in 2012 [1] Harmonium Museum, Saltaire , collection of reed organs and harmoniums , closed in 2011 [ 2 ] Keighley Private Classic Car Museum, Keighley , also known as Yorkshire Car Collection [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Wakefield Castle, Lowe Hill or Lawe Hill was a castle built in the 12th century on a hill on the north side of the River Calder near Wakefield, England. Its name derives from the Anglo Saxon hlaew meaning a mound or cairn, possibly a burial mound or barrow .
Tourist attractions in Wakefield (4 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in the City of Wakefield" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The National Coal Mining Museum for England (an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage), the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Nostell Priory [13] are within the Wakefield metropolitan area, as is Walton Hall, a Georgian mansion set in what was the world's first nature reserve, created by the explorer Charles Waterton; the ...
The "Friends of Wakefield Chantry Chapel" was formed in 1991 by members of the Wakefield Historical Society, Wakefield Civic Society and members of St Andrew's Church to raise funds to repair the chapel roof and re-point the stonework. A programme of conservation work has since been carried out with the approval of English Heritage.
Calm before the storm: Wilmington band Tercel played the inaugural Tiny Caffe show Oct. 2 at Luna Caffe on Castle Street. ... as well as a list of area food events for October.
The Battle of Wakefield took place in Sandal Magna near Wakefield in northern England, on 30 December 1460.It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses.The opposing forces were an army led by nobles loyal to the captive King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster and his Queen Margaret of Anjou on one side, and the army of Richard, Duke of York, the rival claimant to the throne, on the other.