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Wakefield, [2] also known as the City of Wakefield, is a local government district with city status and a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settlement, is the administrative centre of the district. The population of the City of Wakefield at the 2011 Census was 325,837. [3]
Wakefield College has its origins in the School of Art and Craft of 1868 [112] and today is the major provider of 6th form and further education in the area, with around 3,000 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, [113] and campuses in the city and surrounding towns. In 2007 Wakefield City Council and Wakefield College announced plans to ...
The building was commissioned to replace the Old Town Hall in Crown Court which had been completed in 1800. [2] After deciding that the old town hall was of insufficient status to compete with Leeds Town Hall and Bradford City Hall, civic leaders chose to procure a new town hall: [3] the site they selected was a vacant area between the mechanics institute and the old Crown Court.
Wakefield Old Town Hall, also known as No. 5 Crown Court, is a historic building in the city centre of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, in England.After operating as a town hall from 1861 to 1880, it served as an organ factory and then as commercial offices, before being adapted for residential use.
Wakefield Council, also known as the City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, is the local authority of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield has had a council since 1848, which has been reformed on several occasions. Since 1974 it has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local ...
Wakefield One is a building in the city centre of Wakefield, a city in West Yorkshire, in England. The four-storey building was commissioned by Wakefield Council as its headquarters. It was designed by Cartwright Pickard Architects. Work began in August 2010, and the building was completed in January 2012.
Wakefield is a city in Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,702 at the 2020 census. Wakefield is located in the western Upper Peninsula about 10 miles (16 km) east of the Wisconsin border. The city is mostly surrounded by Wakefield Township, but the two are administered autonomously.
In 1868 Cyrus Wakefield donated land and money for a new town hall, and in thanks the town voted to change its name from South Reading to Wakefield. The town hall, currently named for William J. Lee, [19] is located at 1 Lafayette Street. [3] [20] In 1856 the South Reading Public Library was established, which later became the Beebe Town Library.