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Wakefield is a city in the metropolitan district of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. In the city and surrounding area are 195 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, seven are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, 18 are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Historically a ...
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.
None of the medieval stained glass survives and most of the cathedral's glass was created by Charles Eamer Kempe who created many windows over 50 years. [7] His windows are reminiscent in colour of those of the late Middle Ages, darker on the north wall with Old Testament themes and lighter on the south side where he placed New Testament ...
Wakefield is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,201 at the 2020 census. [2] The town includes the villages of Wakefield Corner (the original town center), East Wakefield, North Wakefield, Sanbornville, Union, Woodman and Province Lake. Wakefield Corner, popular with tourists, is a picturesque hilltop ...
Wakefield is a cathedral city [a] in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder.The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. [1]
The most notable building on the street is Wakefield Cathedral. [6] Three other listed buildings lie on its south-west side: 11 and 13 Kirkgate, dating from about 1800; [ 7 ] 17 Kirkgate, from the mid-19th century; [ 8 ] and the late-18th century 19 and 21 Kirkgate. [ 9 ]
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 ...
A hand-worked glass operation was also added at Tiffin, Ohio. The plants all received a letter designation. The plants all received a letter designation. The main office started at South 9th and Bingham Streets, Pittsburgh, PA , in the former Ripley Glass facility, and moved to Tiffin in 1938. [ 1 ]