Wakefield in 50 Buildings

by Peter Thornborrow and Paul Gwilliam

From its status as a major coal mining centre in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and today the home of the National Coal Mining Museum at Caphouse Colliery that retains England's last deep coal mine, to its current role as the capital of Yorkshire's so-called 'Rhubarb Triangle', Wakefield has a proud and distinctive identity. This extraordinary history is embodied in the buildings that have shaped the town. Wakefield in 50 Buildings explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445659069
• ISBN13: 9781445659060
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages