A new home for Sandal Castle! Wakefield Historical Society was contacted by Mike Faulkner who was hoping to find a new home for the model of Sandal Castle that he had made. Kathryn Harrison at…
100 Years of Wakefield Historical Society. It was 1962 when our then President W.A. Craven called for the preservation of ancient buildings in the City and hoped that the remains at Sandal Castle might be…
100 Years of Wakefield Historical Society Members in the early 1970s listening to Phil Mayes speak about Sandal Castle. Can you spot three Presidents of the Society? Observe the beauty of the stonework
Talk by Volunteers at Pontefract, free talk, Saturday 17th June, 2-3 pm Established as motte and bailey castles following the Norman Conquest, the history of Pontefract and Sandal Castles is in many ways the history…
An interesting online talk today by Josh Flint from Leeds Central Library on the Battle of Wakefield in 1460. Having given some background to the battle and the Wars of the Roses, he described some…