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ウェイクフィールド (イングランド) / イギリス

ウェイクフィールド(Wakefield)は、イングランド北部、ウェスト・ヨークシャーのシティであるシティ・オブ・ウェイクフィールドの中心エリア。2001年の人口は76,886人。 ばら戦争の戦いの舞台となり、市民革命では王党派の砦が築かれた。ウェイクフィールドは市場都市として、羊毛産業の中心地として、内陸港として発展した。 18世紀、ウェイクフィールドはとうもろこし、石炭、繊維の貿易で発展し続け、1888年にサクソン人に由来する教区教会が聖堂と認められた。

The Hepworth Wakefield

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The Hepworth Wakefield is an art museum in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, which opened on 21 May 2011. The gallery is situated on the south side of the River Calder and takes its name from artist and sculptor Barbara Hepworth who was born and educated in the city.The gallery was designed by British architect David Chipperfield, who won an architectural design competition managed by RIBA Competitions and was built by Laing O'Rourke with funding from Wakefield Council, Arts Council England and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Yorkshire Forward, the Homes and Communities Agency, and the European Regional Development Fund have also supported the building of the gallery alongside a number of charitable trusts, corporations and private individuals. The Hepworth Wakefield is a registered charity under English law.The gallery cost £35 million to build. Five weeks after opening it had received 100,000 visitors. In May 2012 it celebrated its first birthday, having received over 500,000 visitors in the year. In October 2015, the gallery launched the £30,000 biennial Hepworth Prize for Sculpture as part of the celebrations marking its 5th anniversary.

National Coal Mining Museum for England

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The National Coal Mining Museum for England is based at the site of Caphouse Colliery in Overton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1988 as the Yorkshire Mining Museum and was granted national status in 1995.

Nostell Priory

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Nostell Priory is a Palladian house located in Nostell, near Crofton close to Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, approached by the Doncaster road from Wakefield. It dates from 1733, and was built for the Winn family on the site of a medieval priory. The Priory and its contents were given to the National Trust in 1953 by the trustees of the estate and Rowland Winn, 3rd Baron St Oswald.

Woolley Hall

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Woolley Hall is a country house in Woolley, West Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Pontefract Museum

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Pontefract Museum is a local museum in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The collections cover archaeology, archives, decorative and applied art, fine art, photographs and social history.