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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.
Arthur William Wakefield, MA, MBBCh, MD (Cantab), MRCS, MRCP (13 April 1876 – 22 February 1949) was an English physician, explorer, and mountaineer.He is most famous for serving as the physician and climber during the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition and was awarded an Olympic Gold Medal by Pierre de Coubertin for his achievements in mountaineering (Alpinism) in 1924 as part of the team.
Sandal, situated on the south side of the River Calder on the road from Wakefield to Barnsley, covers 1,700 acres (688 ha). [10] It is 2 mi (3.2 km) from Wakefield, 8 mi (13 km) from Barnsley, 9 mi (14 km) from Pontefract, 15 mi (24 km) from Leeds, 19 mi (31 km) from Bradford, 25 mi (40 km) from Sheffield, and 30 mi (48 km) from York.
In 1347, Edward III granted Sandal to his fifth son Edmund of Langley who was six years old at the time. His elder brother John of Gaunt held Pontefract and Knaresborough Castles, Edmund was granted Wark Castle near Coldstream in the Scottish Borders, and in 1377 Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire which was to become his home, and for the next 75 years the family seems to have spent ...
Agbrigg is served by Sandal & Agbrigg station which is on the Wakefield Line and the station is between Wakefield Westgate and Fitzwilliam.This station was originally named Sandal and closed to passengers on 4 November 1957, but reopened by the West Yorkshire Metro on 30 November 1987 with its current name.
Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England This is a list of the wool, cotton and other textile mills in Wakefield: including Castleford, Ossett and Pontefract. Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield) Name Architect Location Built Demolished Served (Years) Alverthorpe Mills Alverthorpe With Thornes (Wakefield), SE 3090 2140 53°41′17″N 1°32′01″W / 53.68813°N 1.53358°W / 53.68813 ...
The station was opened in February 1866 as 'Sandal' and was on the West Riding and Grimsby Joint Railway which linked Wakefield with Doncaster. Approximately 1.3 miles south east of Sandal railway station in the village of Walton on the North Midland Railway line was another station called Sandal and Walton. Just south of the station there was ...
The station was south of Wakefield, lying between Sandal and Walton in West Yorkshire, England. It was of typical Midland brick-built construction. In 1926 the line was quadrupled, with the new goods lines passing to the east of the two platforms. It closed on 12 June 1961.