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Local history and heritage
Local history and heritage
Wakefield District's history is rich and varied, from coal mining to rhubarb to rugby league to liquorice. Find out more from the selection below.
Brief history of the City of Wakefield
Castles
Coal: our vanishing heritage
Coats of Arms
Edwardian Wakefield - online exhibition
Featherstone in photographs
Featherstone Massacre 1893
Historic buildings
Historic maps
Investigating the past - what to look for, where and how
Local history in adverts
Ossett and Gawthorpe - a brief history
People - some well known names associated with the district
Photographic collections of old Wakefield and district
Pontefract Cakes - the story of liquorice and Pontefract
Rhubarb - welcome to the Rhubarb Triangle
Wakefield Mystery Plays
Wakefield Racecourse
Walton - a brief history
We Will Remember Them
