What is recorded here
Major engagement of the Wars of the Roses; Lancastrian victory against the House of York
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- Date
- 1460-12-30
Places near here
West Yorkshire History CentreMuseum · 79 yd
The Wakefield ArmsListed building · 222 yd
Entrance Block to Kirkgate StationListed building · 273 yd
Wakefield Bridge and Chantry ChapelMemorial · 460 yd
Sculpture in a boatyard on the River Calder, WakefieldPublic sculpture · 468 yd
Wakefield BridgeScheduled monument · 478 yd
Capture of WakefieldBattle · 491 yd
Old milestoneMonument or public art · 636 yd
Cave BarCave or cavern · 715 yd
Wakefield CenotaphMemorial · 921 yd
Lowe Hill motte and bailey castleScheduled monument · 1366 yd
Southern Washlands Nature ReserveNature reserve · 1.3 miPictures: Philip Halling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mike Kirby, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mark Anderson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; habiloid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Alan Murray-Rust, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1584–1648), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Chris Minto, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; SMJ, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Christine Johnstone, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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