Wakefield, W. Yorkshire - Cathedral RP postcard c.1950s

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• Picture / Image:  The Cathedral, Wakefield - real photo
• Publisher:  St. Albans series
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder, on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is 2,062 hectares (5,100 acres) and had a population of 76,886 in 2001.^[1]

Wakefield was dubbed the ""Merrie City"" in the Middle Ages^[2] and in 1538 John Leland described it as, ""a very quick market town and meately large; well served of fish and flesh both from sea and by rivers ... so that all vitaile is very good and chepe there. A right honest man shall fare well for 2d. a meal. ... There be plenti of se coal in the quarters about Wakefield"".^{[nb 1]}

The site of a battle during the Wars of the Roses and a Royalist stronghold during the Civil War, Wakefield developed in spite of setbacks to become an important market town and centre for wool, exploiting its position on the navigable River Calder to become an inland port.

During the 18th century Wakefield continued to develop through trade in corn, coal mining and textiles and in 1888 its parish church, with Saxon origins, acquired cathedral status. The town became the county town and seat of the West Riding County Council in 1889 and the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Council from 1974 until it was dissolved in 1986.

Wakefield Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Wakefield, West Yorkshire is the Anglican cathedral for the Diocese of Wakefield and seat of the Bishop of Wakefield. Originally the parish church, it has Anglo Saxon origins and after enlargement and rebuilding has the tallest spire in Yorkshire. It is the tallest building in the City of Wakefield.

The cathedral was designated a Grade I listed building on 14 July 1953.

The cathedral is situated in the centre of Wakefield, on the site of a Saxon church, evidence of which was uncovered in 1900 when extensions to the east end were made.^[2] A church in Wakefield is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. In 1090 William II gave the church and land in Wakefield to Lewes Priory in Sussex and shortly after that a Norman church was built.

The cathedral is situated on a hill on Kirkgate^{[nb 1]} in the centre of the city. The Norman church was rebuilt in 1329, and apart from the tower and spire, rebuilt and enlarged in 1469. The church was reconstructed and altered at various times and its spire, damaged in a violent gale, was renewed in 1823.^[5] Up to the 16th century the church was known by the Anglo Saxon All Hallows and after the Reformation changed to All Saints.^[6]

The cathedral was largely rebuilt in the Perpendicular Gothic style in the early 15th century and, after years of neglect in the 18th century, owes its current late mediaeval appearance to a Victorian restoration by Sir George Gilbert Scott and his son John Oldrid Scott between 1858 and 1874.^[7] In 1888, the Diocese of Wakefield was created and All Saints Church became the cathedral of the diocese. It still serves as a parish church, meaning that until 2000 the head of the chapter of canons was called the provost, rather than the dean. The Treacy Hall built in memory of Bishop Eric Treacy was completed in 1982.^[8]

In January 2000 a parish boundary change brought the chantry chapel, on Wakefield Bridge, into the care of the cathedral.^[9]

In 2005 Queen Elizabeth II visited the cathedral to distribute Maundy money.^[10]

In 2012 the cathedral, with £1.58 million of Heritage Lottery funding had raised £2.5 million to restore and reorder the nave which will be cleared of its oak pews to create an open space for worship, public events and celebrations.^[11] A decision to charge VAT on restoration work on historic buildings in the 2012 budget caused concern that the project would be halted or delayed.^[12]

Its archives are held at West Yorkshire Archive Service in Wakefield.^[13]

type=real photographic (rp)

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=yorkshire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted