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358 relations: A1(M) motorway, A61 road, A636 road, A638 road, A642 road, A650 road, ABC Cinema, Wakefield, ABC Cinemas, Ackworth, West Yorkshire, Agbrigg, Agbrigg and Morley, Aire and Calder Navigation, Alfeld, All Saints' Day, Alverthorpe, Andrew Carnegie, Angles (tribe), Anglican Diocese of Leeds, Archery, Archery butt, Arriva Yorkshire, Art Deco, Arthur Lowe, Arts College (United Kingdom), Barbara Hepworth, Barnsley, Barnsley Canal, Barnsley Interchange, Battle of Hastings, Battle of Wakefield, BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Yorkshire, Belgorod, Belle Vue (Wakefield), Bernard Montgomery, Birmingham New Street railway station, Bishop of Wakefield (diocese), Bottom Boat, Bradford Interchange, Brassed Off, Brewery, Brigantes, British Amateur Rugby League Association, Bronze, Calder and Hebble Navigation, Cambridgeshire, Capital Yorkshire, Caput baroniae, Carboniferous, Carr Gate, ... Expand index (308 more) »
- Cities in Yorkshire and the Humber
- County towns in England
- Towns in West Yorkshire
- Unparished areas in West Yorkshire
A1(M) motorway
A1(M) is the designation given to a series of four separate motorway sections in the UK.
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A61 road
The A61 is a major trunk road in England connecting Derby and Thirsk in North Yorkshire by way of Alfreton, Clay Cross, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Barnsley, Wakefield, Leeds, Harrogate and Ripon.
A636 road
The A636 is a main road in West Yorkshire, England, starting at Wakefield and connecting with the M1 motorway at junction 39 and with the A637 at Flockton roundabout.
A638 road
The A638 is a major road in England.
A642 road
The A642 is an A-road in West Yorkshire, England which runs from Huddersfield to the A64 near Leeds.
A650 road
A650 road is a main route through the West Yorkshire conurbation in England.
ABC Cinema, Wakefield
The ABC Cinema was a cinema in Wakefield, West Yorkshire that fell into derelition after its closure.
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ABC Cinemas
ABC Cinemas (Associated British Cinemas) was a cinema chain in the United Kingdom.
Ackworth, West Yorkshire
Ackworth is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield and Ackworth, West Yorkshire are geography of the City of Wakefield.
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Agbrigg
Agbrigg is a suburb of the city of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
Agbrigg and Morley
Agbrigg and Morley was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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Aire and Calder Navigation
The Aire and Calder Navigation is the canalised section of the Rivers Aire and Calder in West Yorkshire, England.
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Alfeld
Alfeld is a town in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany.
All Saints' Day
All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the Church, whether they are known or unknown.
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Alverthorpe
Alverthorpe is a suburb of, and former village in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie (November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist.
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Angles (tribe)
The Angles were one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period.
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Anglican Diocese of Leeds
The Anglican Diocese of Leeds (Accessed 15 July 2016).
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Archery
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.
Archery butt
A butt is an archery shooting field, with mounds of earth used for the targets.
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Arriva Yorkshire
Arriva Yorkshire is a major bus operator providing services primarily within and across West Yorkshire, although it also provides service in some parts of South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and southern areas of North Yorkshire.
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Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s.
Arthur Lowe
Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was an English actor.
Arts College (United Kingdom)
An Arts College, in the United Kingdom, is a type of specialist school that specialises in the subject fields of the performing, visual, digital and/or media arts.
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Barbara Hepworth
Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English artist and sculptor.
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Barnsley
Barnsley is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. Wakefield and Barnsley are county towns in England.
Barnsley Canal
The Barnsley Canal is a canal that ran from Barnby Basin, through Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, to a junction with the Aire and Calder Navigation near Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
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Barnsley Interchange
Barnsley Interchange is a combined rail and bus station in the centre of Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
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Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conquest of England.
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Battle of Wakefield
The Battle of Wakefield took place in Sandal Magna near Wakefield in northern England, on 30 December 1460.
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BBC Radio Leeds
BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of West Yorkshire.
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BBC Yorkshire
BBC Yorkshire is one of the English regions of the BBC.
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Belgorod
Belgorod (Белгород,; Бєлгород or Білгород) is a city that serves as the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately north of the border with Ukraine.
Belle Vue (Wakefield)
Belle Vue, also known as the DIY Kitchens Stadium for sponsorship reasons, in Wakefield, England, is the home of Rugby League club Wakefield Trinity RLFC and Association Football club Wakefield A.F.C. It is on the A638 Doncaster Road, a mile south of Wakefield city centre.
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Bernard Montgomery
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War.
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Birmingham New Street railway station
Birmingham New Street, also known as New Street station, is the largest and busiest of the three main railway stations in Birmingham city centre, England, and a central hub of the British railway system.
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Bishop of Wakefield (diocese)
The Bishop of Wakefield was the ordinary of the now-defunct Church of England Diocese of Wakefield in the Province of York.
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Bottom Boat
Bottom Boat is a village in the Wakefield district of West Yorkshire. Wakefield and Bottom Boat are geography of the City of Wakefield.
Bradford Interchange
Bradford Interchange is a transport interchange in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, which consists of a railway station and bus station adjacent.
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Brassed Off
Brassed Off is a 1996 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Mark Herman and starring Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald and Ewan McGregor.
Brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer.
Brigantes
The Brigantes were Ancient Britons who in pre-Roman times controlled the largest section of what would become Northern England.
British Amateur Rugby League Association
The British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) is an association for social and recreational rugby league.
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Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.
Calder and Hebble Navigation
The Calder and Hebble Navigation is a broad inland waterway, with locks and bridge holes that are suitable for boats, in West Yorkshire, England.
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Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.
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Capital Yorkshire
Capital Yorkshire is a regional radio station owned by Global as part of the Capital network.
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Caput baroniae
In the customs of the kingdom of England, the caput baroniae (Latin, 'head of the barony') was the ancient, or chief seat or castle of a nobleman, which was not to be divided among the daughters upon his death, in case there be no son to inherit.
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Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma.
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Carr Gate
Carr Gate is a village in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.
Castleford
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation. It is located north east of Wakefield, north of Pontefract and south east of Leeds. Wakefield and Castleford are geography of the City of Wakefield, towns in West Yorkshire and Unparished areas in West Yorkshire.
Castleford railway station
Castleford railway station serves the town of Castleford in West Yorkshire.
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Castres
Castres (Castras in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan) is the sole subprefecture of the Tarn department in the Occitanie region in Southern France.
Castrop-Rauxel
Castrop-Rauxel, often simply referred to as Castrop by locals, is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
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Cavalier
The term "Cavalier" was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of Charles I of England and his son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 –). It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves.
Chantry Bridge
Chantry Bridge, sometimes known as Wakefield Bridge, is a mediaeval bridge in the city of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, in England.
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Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield
The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin is a chantry chapel in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, and is designated a Grade I Listed building by English Heritage.
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Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England.
Christopher Robert Turner (born 15 September 1958) is an English former footballer and former director of football at Wakefield.
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Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.
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Cineworld
Cineworld Group plc is a British cinema operator headquartered in London, England.
City of Wakefield
Wakefield, also known as the City of Wakefield, is a local government district with city status and a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield and city of Wakefield are cities in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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City status in the United Kingdom
City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to specific centres of population, which might or might not meet the generally accepted definition of cities.
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Clarence Park Festival
Clarence Park Festival is the longest running free music festival in Yorkshire, England.
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Classical architecture
Classical architecture usually denotes architecture which is more or less consciously derived from the principles of Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, or sometimes more specifically, from De architectura (c. 10 AD) by the Roman architect Vitruvius.
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Clayton Hospital
Clayton Hospital was a health facility in Wentworth Street, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Closed-circuit television
Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of closed-circuit television cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.
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Coaching inn
The coaching inn (also coaching house or staging inn) was a vital part of Europe's inland transport infrastructure until the development of the railway, providing a resting point (layover) for people and horses.
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Coal measures
In lithostratigraphy, coal measures are coal-bearing strata, with the term typically applied to European units of the Upper Carboniferous System.
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Cohabitation
Cohabitation is an arrangement where people who are not married, usually couples, live together.
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College Grove (sports ground)
College Grove sports ground is a multi sport facility in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Commissioners' church
A Commissioners' church, also known as a Waterloo church and Million Act church, is an Anglican church in England or Wales built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Acts of 1818 and 1824.
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Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.
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Council house
A council house, corporation house or council flat is a form of British public housing built by local authorities.
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County borough
County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s.
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County Hall, Wakefield
County Hall or West Riding County Hall stands at the corner of Bond Street and Cliff Parade in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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County town
In Great Britain and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county.
CrossCountry
CrossCountry (legal name XC Trains Limited) is a British train operating company owned by Arriva UK Trains, operating the current CrossCountry franchise.
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David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 8 May 1926) is a British broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and writer.
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David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes
David Michael Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes, (born 14 April 1940) is a retired Anglican bishop.
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David Storey
David Malcolm Storey (13 July 1933 – 27 March 2017) was an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a professional rugby league player.
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Derby railway station
Derby railway station (also known as Derby Midland) is a main line railway station serving the city of Derby in Derbyshire, England.
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Diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
Distribution network operator
A distribution network operator (DNO), also known as a distribution system operator (DSO), is the operator of the electric power distribution system which delivers electricity to most end users.
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Domesday Book
Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.
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Doncaster railway station
Doncaster railway station is on the East Coast Main Line serving the city of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.
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Drinking water
Drinking water or potable water is water that is safe for ingestion, either when drunk directly in liquid form or consumed indirectly through food preparation.
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Eamon Farren
Eamon Farren (born 19 May 1985) is an Australian actor.
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East Coast Main Line
The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between its northern terminus at and southern terminus at London King's Cross station.
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East Midlands Railway
East Midlands Railway (EMR; legally Transport UK East Midlands Limited) is a British train operating company owned by Transport UK Group, and is the current operator of the East Midlands franchise.
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Edinburgh Waverley railway station
Edinburgh Waverley (also known simply as Edinburgh; Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor (1003 – 5 January 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he ruled from 1042 until his death in 1066. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeeded Cnut the Great's son – and his own half-brother – Harthacnut.
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Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.
Elizabethan Gallery
The Elizabethan Gallery is a Grade II* listed historic building in the city centre of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England.
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Emily Freeman
Emily Kaye Freeman (born 24 November 1980) is a retired British athlete from West Yorkshire, England, personal trainer and co-founder of training and mindset company Totally Runable.
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Emley A.F.C.
Emley Association Football Club is a football club based in Emley, West Yorkshire, England.
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Emley Moor transmitting station
The Emley Moor transmitting station is a telecommunications and broadcasting facility on Emley Moor, west of the village centre of Emley, in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
English Civil War
The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.
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Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor (born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor.
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Feast of Corpus Christi
The Feast of Corpus Christi, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, is a liturgical solemnity celebrating the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist; the feast is observed by the Latin Church, in addition to certain Western Orthodox, Lutheran, and Anglican churches.
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Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England.
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Feudalism
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries.
Field marshal (United Kingdom)
Field marshal (FM) has been the highest rank in the British Army since 1736.
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Fire services in the United Kingdom
The fire services in the United Kingdom operate under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
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Flanshaw
Flanshaw is a suburb of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.
Flint
Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Frank Matcham
Francis Matcham (22 November 1854 – 17 May 1920)Mackintosh, Iain.
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Freedom of the City
The Freedom of the City (or Borough in some parts of the UK) is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary.
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Further education
Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is additional education to that received at secondary school that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions.
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General practitioner
A general practitioner (GP) or family physician is a doctor who is a consultant in general practice.
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George Gilbert Scott
Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), largely known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he started his career as a leading designer of workhouses.
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George Gissing
George Robert Gissing (22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903.
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George Goring, Lord Goring
George Goring, Lord Goring (14 July 1608 – 1657) was an English Royalist soldier.
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Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Girona
Girona (Gerona) is the capital city of the province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers.
Goole
Goole is a port town and civil parish on the River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Grand Central (train operating company)
Grand Central is an open-access train operating company in the United Kingdom.
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Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire
Greatest Hits Radio West Yorkshire (previously Radio Aire, Magic 828/Radio Aire 2, Ridings FM and Pulse 2) is an Independent Local Radio station serving West Yorkshire on 96.3 and 106.8 FM, DAB, online and via the app.
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Hallam Line
The Hallam Line is a railway connecting Leeds and Sheffield via Castleford in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England.
Harrying of the North
The Harrying of the North was a series of military campaigns waged by William the Conqueror in the winter of 1069–1070 to subjugate Northern England, where the presence of the last Wessex claimant, Edgar Ætheling, had encouraged Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian, Anglo-Scandinavian and Danish rebellions.
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Hénin-Beaumont
Hénin-Beaumont (Hinnin-Biaumont) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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Heart Yorkshire
Heart Yorkshire (previously Real Radio Yorkshire) is a regional radio station owned by Communicorp UK and operated by Global as part of the Heart network.
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Heath Hall, Heath, West Yorkshire
Heath Hall, Heath, Wakefield, West Yorkshire is a country house dating from 1709.
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Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Hemsworth was a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons since 1996 by Jon Trickett of the Labour Party.
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Henry III of England
Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272.
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Henry Maudsley
Henry Maudsley (5 February 183523 January 1918) was a pioneering English psychiatrist, commemorated in the Maudsley Hospital in London and in the annual Maudsley Lecture of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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Henry Moore
Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist.
Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Herne is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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HM Prison Wakefield
His Majesty's Prison Wakefield is a Category A men's prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
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Horbury
Horbury is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield and Horbury are geography of the City of Wakefield and Unparished areas in West Yorkshire.
Huddersfield line
The Huddersfield line is the main railway line between the English cities of Leeds and Manchester, via Huddersfield.
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Hundred (county division)
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.
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Imran Ahmad Khan
Imran Nasir Ahmad Khan (born 6 September 1973) is a British former politician and convicted sex offender.
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Indices of deprivation 2007
The Indices of deprivation 2007 (ID 2007) is a deprivation index at the small area level, created by the British Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and released on 12 June 2007.
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Ings
Ings is an old word of Old English origin referring to water meadows and marshes.
Inland port
An inland port is a port on an inland waterway, such as a river, lake, or canal, which may or may not be connected to the sea.
Ionic order
The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian.
ITV Yorkshire
ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network.
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James Crichton-Browne
Sir James Crichton-Browne MD FRS FRSE (29 November 1840 – 31 January 1938) was a leading Scottish psychiatrist, neurologist and eugenicist.
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Jane McDonald
Jane Anne McDonald (born 4 April 1963) is an English singer and television presenter.
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Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician and radio presenter.
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John Carr (architect)
John Carr (1723–1807) was a prolific English architect, best known for Buxton Crescent in Derbyshire and Harewood House in West Yorkshire.
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John Leech (politician)
John Sampson Macfarlane Leech (born 11 April 1971) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington from 2005 to 2015.
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John Leland (antiquary)
John Leland or Leyland (13 September, – 18 April 1552) was an English poet and antiquary.
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John Malkovich
John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor.
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John Smeaton
John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses.
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John, King of England
John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.
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Johnston Press
Johnston Press plc was a multimedia company founded in Falkirk, Scotland, in 1767.
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Jon Trickett
Jon Hedley Trickett (born 2 July 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton and Hemsworth (formerly Hemsworth) since 1996.
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Kettlethorpe, West Yorkshire
Kettlethorpe, originally a separate village, is a suburb that lies south of Wakefield city centre, in West Yorkshire, England.
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King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army.
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Kirkgate (Wakefield)
Kirkgate is a street in the city centre of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, in England.
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Kirkhamgate
Kirkhamgate is a village in the Wakefield district, in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield and Kirkhamgate are former civil parishes in West Yorkshire and geography of the City of Wakefield.
Kirklees
Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.
Knottingley railway station
Knottingley railway station serves the town of Knottingley in West Yorkshire, England.
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Konin
Konin is a city in central Poland, on the Warta River.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
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Lancashire
Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.
LBC
LBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) is a British phone-in and talk radio station owned and operated by Global and based in its headquarters in London.
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield and Leeds are cities in Yorkshire and the Humber, former civil parishes in West Yorkshire, towns in West Yorkshire and Unparished areas in West Yorkshire.
Leeds Bradford Airport
Leeds Bradford Airport is located in Yeadon, in the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England, about northwest of Leeds city centre, and about northeast from Bradford city centre.
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Leeds City Region
The Leeds City Region, or informally Greater Leeds, is a local enterprise partnership city region located in West Yorkshire, England.
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Leeds railway station
Leeds railway station (also known as Leeds City railway station) is the mainline railway station serving the city centre of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.
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Leeds Times
The Leeds Times was a weekly newspaper established in 1833, and published at the office in Briggate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Leicester railway station
Leicester railway station (formerly Leicester Campbell Street and Leicester London Road) is a mainline railway station in the city of Leicester in Leicestershire, England.
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Levett
Levett is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from Livet, which is held particularly by families and individuals resident in England and British Commonwealth territories.
Liberal Democrats (UK)
The Liberal Democrats (colloquially known as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988.
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Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.
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Lingwell Gate coin moulds
The Lingwell Gate coin moulds are a group of Roman, clay coin moulds used in the forgery of coinage found at Lingwell Gate between 1697 and 1879.
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List of English districts by population
This is a list of the districts of England ordered by population, according to estimated figures for from the Office for National Statistics.
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Listed buildings in Wakefield
Wakefield is a city in the metropolitan district of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Local government
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state.
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Local Government Act 1888
The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41) was an Act of Parliament which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales.
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Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.
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Local transport plan
Local transport plans, divided into full local transport plans (LTP) and local implementation plans for transport (LIP) are an important part of transport planning in England.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
London King's Cross railway station
King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London.
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M1 motorway
The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle.
M62 motorway
The M62 is a west–east trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Hull via Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield; of the route is shared with the M60 orbital motorway around Manchester.
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Mail coach
A mail coach is a stagecoach that is used to deliver mail.
Malt
Malt is any cereal grain that has been made to germinate by soaking in water and then stopped from germinating further by drying with hot air, a process known as "malting".
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.
Manchester and Leeds Railway
The Manchester and Leeds Railway was a British railway company that built a line from Manchester to Normanton where it made a junction with the North Midland Railway, over which it relied on running powers to access Leeds.
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Manorialism
Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages.
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
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Marjorie Williamson
Dame Elsie Marjorie Williamson, DBE (30 July 1913, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England – 12 August 2002 Lower Raydon, Suffolk) was a British academic, educator, physicist and university administrator.
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Market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city.
Martin de Porres
Martín de Porres Velázquez (9 December 1579 – 3 November 1639) was a Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII.
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Martyn Bernard
Martyn John Bernard (born 15 December 1984 in Wakefield, United Kingdom) is a British athlete, competing in high jump.
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Mary Creagh
Mary Helen Creagh (born 2 December 1967) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry East since 2024, having previously served as MP for Wakefield from 2005 to 2019.
Meadowhall Interchange
Meadowhall Interchange is a transport interchange located in north-east Sheffield, consisting of a combined heavy rail station, tram stop and bus and coach station.
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Metropolitan borough
A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England.
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Michael Shaeffer
Michael Shaeffer (born 21 January 1975) is an English actor, known for his roles as "Longcross" in the BBC political-thriller television series Bodyguard (2018), Sergeant Yelland in the BBC mystery thriller The ABC Murders (2018) and Stephen Kemp in the BBC fact-based drama The Salisbury Poisonings (2020).
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Morley and Outwood (UK Parliament constituency)
Morley and Outwood was a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
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Morley, West Yorkshire
Morley is a market town and a civil parish within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield and Morley, West Yorkshire are towns in West Yorkshire.
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Municipal borough
A municipal borough was a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1836 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002.
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Mystery play
Mystery plays and miracle plays (they are distinguished as two different forms although the terms are often used interchangeably) are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe.
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Nanning
Nanning is the capital and largest city by population of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China.
National Coal Board
The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom.
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National Coal Mining Museum for England
National Coal Mining Museum for England is based at the site of Caphouse Colliery in Overton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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National Express Coaches
National Express, also abbreviated NX, is an intercity and inter-regional coach operator providing services throughout Great Britain.
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National qualifications framework
A national qualifications framework (NQF) is a formal system describing qualifications.
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National school (England and Wales)
A National school was a school founded in 19th-century England and Wales by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education.
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National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is a trade union for coal miners in Great Britain, formed in 1945 from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB).
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Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.
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Newcastle railway station
Newcastle station (also known as Newcastle Central and locally as Central Station) is a railway station in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom.
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Newmillerdam
Newmillerdam is a village and suburb of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England.
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NHS primary care trust
Primary care trusts (PCTs) were part of the National Health Service in England from 2001 to 2013.
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Norfolk
Norfolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.
Norman architecture
The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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Norman Conquest
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.
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Normanton railway station
Normanton railway station serves the town of Normanton in West Yorkshire, England.
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Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford was a constituency in West Yorkshire of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Northern Powergrid
Northern Powergrid Holdings Company (formerly CE Electric UK Funding Company) is an electrical distribution company based in Newcastle Upon Tyne in England.
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Northern Trains
Northern Trains, trading as Northern, is a British train operating company owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport (DfT), after the previous operator Arriva Rail North had its franchise terminated at the end of February 2020.
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Northgate (Wakefield)
Northgate is a street in the city centre of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, in England.
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Nottingham station
Nottingham station, briefly known as Nottingham City and for rather longer as Nottingham Midland, is a railway station and tram stop in the city of Nottingham.
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Novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.
Office for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS; Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.
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Old English
Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.
Ossett
Ossett is a market town in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield and Ossett are geography of the City of Wakefield, towns in West Yorkshire and Unparished areas in West Yorkshire.
Ossett Town A.F.C.
Ossett Town Association Football Club was an English football club based in Ossett in West Yorkshire.
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Outwood, Wakefield
Outwood is a district to the north of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.
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Pennines
The Pennines, also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, are a range of uplands mainly located in Northern England.
Persecution of Uyghurs in China
Since 2014, the Chinese government has committed a series of ongoing human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in Xinjiang which has often been characterized as persecution or as genocide.
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Please Please Me
Please Please Me is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Beatles.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Pontefract
Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield and Pontefract are former civil parishes in West Yorkshire, geography of the City of Wakefield, towns in West Yorkshire and Unparished areas in West Yorkshire.
Pontefract line
The Pontefract line is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England.
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Pontefract Monkhill railway station
Pontefract Monkhill railway station is the busiest station in the town of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.
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Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (PLAA) known widely as the New Poor Law, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey denying the right of the poor to subsistence.
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Poor law union
A poor law union was a geographical territory, and early local government unit, in Great Britain and Ireland.
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Private school
A private school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a public school.
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Protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values.
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Pugneys Country Park
Pugneys Country Park is a park located on the A636 between Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England and Junction 39 of the M1 motorway.
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Queen Anne style architecture
The Queen Anne style of British architecture refers to either the English Baroque architecture of the time of Queen Anne (who reigned from 1702 to 1714) or the British Queen Anne Revival form that became popular during the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century.
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Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (QEGS) is a public school (day school, no boarding) for boys in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Rachel Roberts (actress)
Rachel Roberts (20 September 192726 November 1980) was a Welsh actress.
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Railway electrification
Railway electrification is the use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport.
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Reform Act 1832
The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45) that introduced major changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.
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Reservoir
A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Rhubarb
Rhubarb is the fleshy, edible stalks (petioles) of species and hybrids (culinary rhubarb) of Rheum in the family Polygonaceae, which are cooked and used for food.
Rhubarb Triangle
The Rhubarb Triangle is a area of West Yorkshire, England between Wakefield, Morley, and Rothwell famous for producing early forced rhubarb.
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Richard Harris
Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer.
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Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460), also named Richard Plantagenet, was a leading English magnate and claimant to the throne during the Wars of the Roses.
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Ridings FM
Ridings FM was an Independent Local Radio station serving the Wakefield District of West Yorkshire.
Right to Buy
The Right to Buy scheme is a policy in the United Kingdom, with the exception of Scotland since 1 August 2016 and Wales from 26 January 2019, which gives secure tenants of councils and some housing associations the legal right to buy, at a large discount, the council house they are living in.
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River Calder, West Yorkshire
The River Calder is a river in West Yorkshire, in Northern England.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds
The Diocese of Leeds (Dioecesis Loidensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church centred on Leeds Cathedral in the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.
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Roundhead
Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651).
Royal Yorkshire Regiment
The Royal Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (abbreviated R YORKS) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, created by the amalgamation of three historic regiments in 2006.
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The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for rugby league in England.
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The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the national governing body for rugby union in England.
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Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.
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Rupert Grint
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint (born 24 August 1988) is an English actor.
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Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.
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Sandal Castle
Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Sandal Magna, a suburb of the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, overlooking the River Calder.
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Sandal Magna
Sandal Magna or Sandal is a suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England with a population in 2001 of 5,432.
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Sandal RUFC
Sandal Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Sandal Magna near Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
Sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.
Scheduled monument
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
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Selby Coalfield
Selby coalfield (also known as the Selby complex, or Selby 'superpit') was a large-scale deep underground mine complex based around Selby, North Yorkshire, England, with pitheads at Wistow Mine, Stillingfleet Mine, Riccall Mine, North Selby Mine, Whitemoor Mine and at Gascoigne Wood Mine.
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Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. Wakefield and Sheffield are cities in Yorkshire and the Humber.
The Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League is an English football league that was founded in 1983 by the merger of the former Sheffield Association League and Hatchard League.
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Sheffield station
Sheffield station (formerly Pond Street and later Sheffield Midland) is a combined railway station and tram stop in Sheffield, England; it is the busiest station in South Yorkshire, and the third busiest in Yorkshire & the Humber.
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Simon Lightwood
Simon Robert Lightwood (born 15 December 1980) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wakefield and Rothwell since 2024.
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Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18.
Sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast.
South West England
South West England, or the South West of England, is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom.
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Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby Bridge is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield and Sowerby Bridge are towns in West Yorkshire and Unparished areas in West Yorkshire.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, lit) was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain.
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St Austin's Church, Wakefield
St Austin's Church is a Roman Catholic Church building in Wakefield, England.
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St John the Baptist's Church, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Wakefield and the Diocese of Wakefield.
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St Pancras railway station
St Pancras railway station, officially known since 2007 as London St Pancras International, is a major central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden.
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Stagecoach Yorkshire
Stagecoach Yorkshire is a bus operator providing local and regional services across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire in England.
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Stanley Royd Hospital
The Stanley Royd Hospital, earlier named the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, was a mental health facility in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
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Stanley, West Yorkshire
Stanley is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield and Stanley, West Yorkshire are Unparished areas in West Yorkshire.
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Stephen Platten
Stephen George Platten (born 17 May 1947 at Southgate, Middlesex), is a retired Anglican prelate, the last to serve as diocesan Bishop of Wakefield in the Church of England.
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Tanning (leather)
Tanning, or hide tanning, is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather.
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Team Pennine
Team Pennine operates both local and regional bus services in West Yorkshire, England.
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The ABC Murders (TV series)
The ABC Murders is a 2018 mystery thriller television serial loosely based on Agatha Christie's 1936 novel of the same name.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
The Cannon Group, Inc.
The Cannon Group, Inc. was an American group of companies, including Cannon Films, which produced films from 1967 to 1994.
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The Crown
The Crown broadly represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states).
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Hepworth Wakefield
The Hepworth Wakefield is an art museum in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, which opened on 21 May 2011.
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The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield
The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield is Child ballad 124, about Robin Hood.
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The Ridings Centre
The Ridings Shopping Centre is an indoor shopping centre in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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The Rifles
The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army.
Theatre Royal, Wakefield
The Theatre Royal Wakefield is a theatre in Wakefield, England, which dates back to 1894.
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This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life is a 1963 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson.
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Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 161212 November 1671), also known as Sir Thomas Fairfax, was an English politician, general and Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War.
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Thornes Park
Thornes Park is a large public park situated close to the centre of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Trinity Walk
Trinity Walk is a shopping centre in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
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Turnpike trust
Turnpike trusts were bodies set up by individual acts of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal roads in Britain from the 17th but especially during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Victorian architecture
Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.
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Vikings
Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.
Wakefield
Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. Wakefield and Wakefield are cities in Yorkshire and the Humber, county towns in England, former civil parishes in West Yorkshire, geography of the City of Wakefield, history of the textile industry, towns in West Yorkshire and Unparished areas in West Yorkshire.
Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)
Wakefield was a constituency in West Yorkshire.
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Wakefield A.F.C.
Wakefield A.F.C. is an association football club formed in 2019 and currently playing in the Northern Counties East League Division One at Step 6 (Level 10) of the English football pyramid.
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Wakefield A.F.C. Women
Wakefield A.F.C. Women is an English women's football club based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
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Wakefield bus station
Wakefield Bus Station serves the city of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Wakefield Castle
Wakefield Castle, Lowe Hill or Lawe Hill was a castle built in the 12th century on a hill on the north side of the River Calder near Wakefield, England.
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Wakefield Cathedral
Wakefield Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, is a co-equal Anglican cathedral with Bradford and Ripon Cathedrals, in the Diocese of Leeds and a seat of the Bishop of Leeds.
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Wakefield College
Wakefield College is a Further Education and Higher Education College in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Wakefield Council
Wakefield Council, also known as the City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, is the local authority of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.
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Wakefield Court House
Wakefield Court House is a historic building in the city centre of Wakefield, a city in West Yorkshire, in England.
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Wakefield Exchange
Wakefield Exchange is a public building in the city centre of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, in England.
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Wakefield Express
The Wakefield Express is the newspaper serving the City of Wakefield district in West Yorkshire, England.
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Wakefield F.C.
Wakefield Football Club was an English football club based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
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Wakefield Girls' High School
Wakefield Girls' High School (WGHS) is an independent school in Wakefield, England, established in 1878 in Wentworth House.
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Wakefield Kirkgate railway station
Wakefield Kirkgate railway station is a railway station in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Wakefield line
The Wakefield line is a railway line and service in the West Yorkshire Metro and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive areas of northern England.
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Wakefield Mechanics' Institute
Wakefield Mechanics' Institute is a historic building in the city centre of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, in England.
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Wakefield Museum
Wakefield Museum is a local museum in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, north England, covering the history of the city of Wakefield and the local area from prehistoric times onwards.
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Wakefield Mystery Plays
The Wakefield or Towneley Mystery Plays are a series of thirty-two mystery plays based on the Bible most likely performed around the Feast of Corpus Christi probably in the town of Wakefield, England during the Late Middle Ages until 1576.
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Wakefield One
Wakefield One is a building in the city centre of Wakefield, a city in West Yorkshire, in England.
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Wakefield RFC
Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901 and folded in 2004 as a result of poor finances, with a trading loss of £105,000 for the season and unsecured creditors' loans of approximately £640,000.
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Wakefield Town Hall
Wakefield Town Hall is a municipal building in Wood Street in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Wakefield Westgate railway station
Wakefield Westgate railway station is a mainline railway station in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
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Walsham How
William Walsham How (13 December 182310 August 1897) was an English Anglican bishop.
Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487.
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Waste management
Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal.
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Wastewater
Wastewater (or waste water) is water generated after the use of freshwater, raw water, drinking water or saline water in a variety of deliberate applications or processes.
West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England.
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West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.
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West Yorkshire Built-up Area
The West Yorkshire Built-up Area, previously known as the West Yorkshire Urban Area, is a term used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to refer to a conurbation in West Yorkshire, England, based on the cities of Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield, and the large towns of Huddersfield and Halifax.
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West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service
The West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (WYFRS) is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England.
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West Yorkshire Metro
Metro is the passenger information brand used by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in England.
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West Yorkshire Police
West Yorkshire Police, formerly the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England.
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Westgate (Wakefield)
Westgate is a street in the city centre of Wakefield, a city in West Yorkshire, in England.
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Westgate Unitarian Chapel
Westgate Unitarian Chapel is a historic chapel in the city centre of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England.
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William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey
William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Lord of Lewes, Seigneur de Varennes (died 1088), was a Norman nobleman created Earl of Surrey under William II Rufus.
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William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey
William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (born 1160s–1170s, died 27 May 1240) was the son of Hamelin de Warenne and Isabel, daughter of William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey.
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William Hartnell
William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975) was an English actor, who is best known for playing the original incarnation of the Doctor, in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966; he reprised the role in 1972–1973.
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William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror (Bates William the Conqueror p. 33– 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
Xiangyang
Xiangyang is the second-largest prefecture-level city by population in northwestern Hubei province, China.
Yeadon, West Yorkshire
Yeadon is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield and Yeadon, West Yorkshire are former civil parishes in West Yorkshire and towns in West Yorkshire.
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York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss. Wakefield and York are cities in Yorkshire and the Humber and county towns in England.
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is an area of Northern England which was historically a county.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) is the NHS ambulance service covering most of Yorkshire in England.
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Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes.
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Yorkshire Water
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2001 United Kingdom census
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001.
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2011 United Kingdom census
A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.
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2019 United Kingdom general election
The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 12 December 2019, with 47,567,752 registered voters entitled to vote to elect 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons.
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2021 United Kingdom census
The 2021 United Kingdom census is the 23rd official census of the United Kingdom.
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2022 Wakefield by-election
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Wakefield was held on 23 June 2022.
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See also
Cities in Yorkshire and the Humber
- Bradford
- City of Bradford
- City of Leeds
- City of Sheffield
- City of Wakefield
- Doncaster
- Kingston upon Hull
- Leeds
- Ripon
- Sheffield
- Wakefield
- York
County towns in England
- Aylesbury
- Barnsley
- Bedford
- Beverley
- Bristol
- Cambridge
- Carlisle
- Chelmsford
- Chester
- Chichester
- Dorchester, Dorset
- Durham, England
- Exeter
- Gloucester
- Guildford
- Hereford
- Hertford
- Huntingdon
- Ipswich
- Lancaster, Lancashire
- Leicester
- Lewes
- Lincoln, England
- Maidstone
- Matlock, Derbyshire
- Morpeth, Northumberland
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Northallerton
- Northampton
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Oakham
- Oxford
- Shrewsbury
- Stafford
- Taunton
- Trowbridge
- Truro
- Wakefield
- Warwick
- Winchester
- Worcester, England
- York
Towns in West Yorkshire
- Baildon
- Batley
- Bingley
- Birstall, West Yorkshire
- Bradford
- Brighouse
- Castleford
- Cleckheaton
- Denholme
- Dewsbury
- Elland
- Farsley
- Featherstone
- Garforth
- Gomersal
- Guiseley
- Halifax, West Yorkshire
- Hebden Bridge
- Heckmondwike
- Hemsworth
- Holmfirth
- Horsforth
- Huddersfield
- Ilkley
- Keighley
- Knottingley
- Leeds
- Meltham
- Mirfield
- Morley, West Yorkshire
- Normanton, West Yorkshire
- Ossett
- Otley
- Pontefract
- Pudsey
- Rothwell, West Yorkshire
- Shipley, West Yorkshire
- Silsden
- Slaithwaite
- South Elmsall
- South Kirkby
- Sowerby Bridge
- Todmorden
- Wakefield
- Wetherby
- Yeadon, West Yorkshire
Unparished areas in West Yorkshire
- Aireborough
- Batley
- Bradford
- Brighouse
- Castleford
- Colne Valley
- Dewsbury
- Elland
- Garforth
- Halifax, West Yorkshire
- Heckmondwike
- Horbury
- Huddersfield
- Knottingley
- Ledston
- Leeds
- Ossett
- Pontefract
- Pudsey
- Queensbury, West Yorkshire
- Rothwell, West Yorkshire
- Shelf, West Yorkshire
- Sowerby Bridge
- Spenborough
- Stanley, West Yorkshire
- Wakefield
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakefield
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