Wakefield Castle
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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. Its name derives from the Anglo Saxon hlaew meaning a mound or cairn, possibly a burial mound or barrow. The mound, situated a quarter mile from the river, was separated from the town by flat swampy land and was seen as a good site for a fortification.
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Location: 53.6726, -1.5072, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Battle of Sherburn in Elmet ⓘ
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Sieges of Bradford ⓘ
civil War skirmishes in Bradford, England -
Battle of the Winwaed ⓘ
655 battle -
Battle of the Trent ⓘ
679 battle -
Siege of Leeds ⓘ
1321 siege -
Battle of Bramham Moor ⓘ
1408 final battle of the Percy Rebellion -
Battle of Wakefield ⓘ
1460 battle -
Battle of Towton ⓘ
battle during the English Wars of the Roses, renownedly bloody -
Battle of Ferrybridge ⓘ
1461 battle -
Battle of Tadcaster ⓘ
1642 battle of the First English Civil War -
Battle of Leeds ⓘ
Battle during the First English Civil War on 23 January 1643, when a Parliamentarian force attacked the Royalist garrison of Leeds, Yorkshire -
Battle of Seacroft Moor ⓘ
1643 battle -
Capture of Wakefield ⓘ
engagement of the First English Civil War -
Battle of Adwalton Moor ⓘ
1643 battle in Adwalton, West Yorkshire, England, part of the First English Civil War -
Anti-aircraft gunsite 280m east of Carlton Hall ⓘ
anti-aircraft mount in Carlton, Leeds, England, UK -
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 330m south east of Lowfield Farm ⓘ
anti-aircraft mount in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK -
Birkenshaw Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
British air defence bunker -
Brighouse West Yorkshire Sub County Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in Yorkshire, UK -
Conisbrough Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
British air defence bunker -
Doncaster Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in Yorkshire, UK -
Halifax County Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in Yorkshire -
Leeds Regional War Room ⓘ
Cold War control bunker in Leeds, UK -
Leeds Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters ⓘ
British Cold War command centre in West Yorkshire, England, UK -
Rotherham County Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in -
Harewood Castle ⓘ
Grade I listed castle in Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Sandal Castle ⓘ
medieval castle in England -
Wakefield Castle ⓘ
castle in the UK -
Conisbrough Castle ⓘ
Grade I listed historic house museum in Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK -
Royal Armouries Leeds ⓘ
museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom -
The Second World War Experience Centre ⓘ
museum in Otley, West Yorkshire, England
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | Battle of Sherburn in Elmet | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Sieges of Bradford | siege | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 655 | Battle of the Winwaed | battle, Oswiu of Northumbria, Penda of Mercia | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 679 | Battle of the Trent | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1321 | Siege of Leeds | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1408 | Battle of Bramham Moor | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1460 | Battle of Wakefield | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1461 | Battle of Towton | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1461 | Battle of Ferrybridge | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1642 | Battle of Tadcaster | battle, Cavalier, Roundhead | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1643 | Battle of Leeds | Cavalier, Roundhead, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1643 | Battle of Seacroft Moor | Cavalier, Roundhead, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1643 | Capture of Wakefield | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1643 | Battle of Adwalton Moor | battle, Roundhead, Cavalier | Wikidata |
| link | page | Cultural Inventory page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Tripadvisor page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | CastlesFortsBattles page@ | Wikidata | ||
| site | artillery battery | Anti-aircraft gunsite 280m east of Carlton Hall | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 330m south east of Lowfield Farm | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Birkenshaw Anti-Aircraft Operations Room | Royal Air Force, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Brighouse West Yorkshire Sub County Control | West Yorkshire County Council, civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Conisbrough Anti-Aircraft Operations Room | Royal Air Force, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Doncaster Borough Control | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Halifax County Borough Control | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Leeds Regional War Room | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Leeds Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters | Royal Observer Corps, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Rotherham County Borough Control | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Harewood Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Sandal Castle | motte-and-bailey castle, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Wakefield Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1100 | Conisbrough Castle | archaeological site, historic house museum, English Heritage, castle | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1996 | Royal Armouries Leeds | national museum, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1998 | The Second World War Experience Centre | military museum | Wikidata |