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Secret Wakefield
Paul L. Dawson
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Description for Secret Wakefield
Paperback. Explore Wakefield's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs. Series: Secrets. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 304.
Like many towns and cities throughout the United Kingdom, Wakefield has evolved and changed over the last 1,000 years. Wakefield had long been regarded as the capital of the West Riding of Yorkshire since the Middle Ages, being one of the largest population centres till the late eighteenth century. The town had been a Parliamentary Borough, returning its own MP to London from 1832 and became a Municipal Borough with a mayor from 1848. By 2014 all the coalmines and all but one of the mills have closed in recent decades, being replaced by light industrial ... Read more
Like many towns and cities throughout the United Kingdom, Wakefield has evolved and changed over the last 1,000 years. Wakefield had long been regarded as the capital of the West Riding of Yorkshire since the Middle Ages, being one of the largest population centres till the late eighteenth century. The town had been a Parliamentary Borough, returning its own MP to London from 1832 and became a Municipal Borough with a mayor from 1848. By 2014 all the coalmines and all but one of the mills have closed in recent decades, being replaced by light industrial ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Secrets
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445646923
SKU
V9781445646923
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Ref
99-99
About Paul L. Dawson
Paul L. Dawson is a historian and horseman, and holds a degree of Master of Arts by research in History from the University of Leeds. He has written over 20 books ranging from equine nutrition, training of the war horse in the regency era, as well as on local history subjects concerning the city of his birth, Wakefield West Yorkshire. ... Read more
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