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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Wakefield maps
Historic maps of Wakefield and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Wakefield maps
Historic map of Wakefield
Illustrated Victorian map of West Yorkshire
Historic Map of any Wakefield postcode
Wakefield books
Displaying 3 of 23 books about Wakefield and the local area. View all Wakefield books
Wakefield and the Five Towns Living Memories
Paperback
£13
Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Ilkley Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13
27 Wakefield photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Wakefield
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West Yorkshire memories
I was born in 1952 and was raised in Cheesecake Inn. This was the original name for the farm next to the Church. When I was growing up there it was called Church Farm. I have many happy memories growing up in Kirkthorpe.
I spent many hours in Sycamore Cottage with the lady who lived there (Rose Richardson) and her... [more]
Shared on 08 June 2008
This old bloke used to haul this massive horse-wagon up Cluntergate, on a regular basis. I mean Cluntergate was this hill... 1 in 12 about... and this bloke used to haul this massive horse-drawn wagon up to the top and beyond. I never knew where he went, or where he came from. He wasn't very big, only a small, scrawny feller,... [more]
Shared on 19 August 2009
I was brought up in Ossett from 1948 to 1966 when I joined the armed forces. I remember very well every Saturday afternoon we would go to the palladium picture house opposite the town hall. We did not have a bus station at that time so all buses would park around the town hall. Shops that spring to mind were Inghams... [more]
Shared on 06 March 2009
The shop (bottom left, with pram outside) was Babyland, the town's toy shop since at least the 1920's. My father bought his first bicycle there when he began work at the age of 14 in 1928.
Shared on 05 March 2009
Extracts From Wakefield & West Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Wakefield, inspired by Frith photos.
The abundance of Union Jacks and other flags in this view of Wakefield indicates that the photograph was taken in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation. A sign across the street advertises the Great Yorkshire Show held in early July, and the Coronation was on 2 June. In the background is the spire of the 14th-century cathedral church of... [more]
This is an extract from Yorkshire Living Memories.
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West Yorkshire Photographic Memories
This 14th-century chapel was built on the bridge as a memorial to Richard, Duke of York, who was killed at Wakefield. It was hoped that travellers crossing into the town would benefit from simple prayer. The building was renovated in 1848, but within forty years smoke and pollution had again damaged the pinnacles. The old chapel front was purchased during renovation... [more]
This is an extract from West Yorkshire Photographic Memories.
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Wakefield and the Five Towns Living Memories
Here we see two extremes of worship - the cathedral in the distance, and the more modest St Mary-on- the Bridge. Over to the right once stood the massive King's Mill, used for grinding corn from 1872 until 1933, when it was demolished to make way for the parallel new road bridge. The final cargo of corn arrived by barge from Hull in September 1931.
This is an extract from Wakefield and the Five Towns Living Memories.
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