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Wakefield: A Potted History
Engelsk Paperback
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Wakefield: A Potted History
Engelsk Paperback

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Wakefield was originally a settlement on the River Calder in West Yorkshire, first Anglo-Saxon, then Viking controlled. After the Norman Conquest, the manor passed to the de Warenne family and Wakefield grew into an important market town in the area. In the Wars of the Roses Richard, Duke of York, was killed at the Battle of Wakefield. Wakefield’s prosperity was growing as an inland port and a centre for tanning, the wool trade and coal mining. By the Industrial Revolution, Wakefield was a wealthy town, benefiting from the opening of the Aire & Calder Canal, which enabled it to trade goods, particularly grain and cloth, throughout the country. Wool mills were built in the nineteenth century and Wakefield became the administrative centre in West Riding, given city status in 1888. Although many industries closed in the later decades of the twentieth century, including its extensive coalfields, the city has embarked on a programme of regeneration, which includes the new Hepworth Wakefield art gallery, named after Wakefield-born artist Barbara Hepworth.Through successive centuries the author looks at what has shaped Wakefield’s history. Illustrated throughout, this accessible historical portrait of the transformation that Wakefield has undergone through the ages will be of great interest to residents, visitors and all those with links to the city.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
96
ISBN-13:
9781398107489
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1398107484
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
15 okt 2022
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
233mm
Højde:
166mm
Forlag:
Amberley Publishing
Oplagsdato:
15 okt 2022
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge