Dubbed the "Merrie City" in the Middle Ages, the City of Wakefield is a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated by the River Calder on the edge of the Pennines. Wakefield Cathedral has the tallest cathedral spire in Yorkshire, which is visible across the surrounding countryside and the Civic Quarter on Wood Street includes historical buildings such as the Neoclassical Wakefield Crown Court of 1810 and the Town Hall built in 1880.
There are several ancient monuments in the local area including the old Wakefield Bridge with its Chantry Chapel, and Sandal Castle, as well as Lawe Hill in Clarence Park. Another well known fixture of the land is structure is the 95 arch railway viaduct on the Doncaster to Leeds railway line. A battle of the Wars of the Roses was fought here, too, and Wakefield was also a Royalist stronghold during the Civil War. The town eventually become an rich market town, wool producer and coal mining community. The National Coal Mining Museum for England is located within the metropolis.
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142 Doncaster Road
Wakefield, WF1 5HL
733 Doncaster Rd
Crofton
Wakefield, WF4 1PX
120 Stanley Rd
Wakefield, WF1 4LR
2 Ruskin Avenue
Wakefield, WF1 2BD
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Horbury Rd
Wakefield, WF2 8RB
220 Stanley Road
Wakefield, WF1 4AE
20 Union Street
Wakefield, WF1 3AE
Smyth St
Wakefield, WF1 1ED
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Flanshaw Works
Wakefield, WF2 9JF
79 Haigh Moor Rd
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Wakefield, WF3 1EF
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