Treason! The Battle of Newland – a rollercoaster tale of riots, conspiracies, kings and knights.
Wakefield Historical Society collaborated with West Yorkshire Archives and Wakefield Libraries to discover the truth about ‘The Battle of Newland’ in 1541, which is related in a ballad that is in the John Goodchild Collection. Through social media posts, workshops, talks and feedback from interested people from the local community, and aided by peer researchers who followed up clues and questions, the real truth about the battle unfolded between March and June 2023. A Wakefield Libraries blog about the research, and what was revealed includes digital copies of some of the original documents.
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