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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.
Sandal Magna or Sandal is a suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England with a population in 2001 of 5,432. [1] An ancient settlement, it is the site of Sandal Castle and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It is 2 mi (3.2 km) south from Wakefield, 8 mi (13 km) north of Barnsley. [2]
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The main primary school for the suburb is Sandal Magna Community Academy (formerly Sandal Magna Primary School) which is located on Belle Vue Road - the original Victorian buildings were demolished and a brand new school was built in 2010 and has won a number of awards for its architecture - including the RIBA Northern Networks Awards ...
St Bartholomew's Chapel is a former estate church in the grounds of Bretton Hall, in West Bretton near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. The redundant Grade II* listed chapel [ 1 ] has been restored as gallery space for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park .
Stark County High School Football Hall of Fame's new class features four modern-era players, a coaching legend and two players from the 1950s.
In the federal censuses from 1860 to 1900, ages were indicated by various birth years, so the accuracy is in doubt. The dates given above are from Levi and Matilda's graves. In 1900, Levi claimed his birth to be in November 1808. In his obituary, however, his age was given as 96 (implying he was born in 1812).
He belonged to the Kendal banking family of Wakefield, as the son of John Wakefield III. [1] The Wakefields were Quakers, but his father had been disowned by the Kendal Society of Friends on marrying an Anglican. [2] He was born at Broughton Lodge near Cartmel, on 18 May 1828, one of six children of John Wakefield and Fanny McArthur of Glasgow ...