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Sandal Magna or Sandal is a suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England with a population in 2001 of 5,432. [1] An ancient settlement, it is the site of Sandal Castle and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It is 2 mi (3.2 km) south from Wakefield, 8 mi (13 km) north of Barnsley. [2] The Battle of Wakefield was fought here in the 15th century ...
Sandal Magna is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire. West Bretton is a chapelry of Sandal Magna.. Other places in the parish include: Woodthorpe, Walton near Sandall Magna, Walton, Stand Bridge, Pledwick, Newmillerdam, Milthorpe, Hill Top, and Crigglestone.
The parish of Sandal in this period was a quiet place consisting of small cottages and farms, with the church and castle at its heart in Sandal Magna. There were several other villages and hamlets within the boundaries of the parish, including Walton, Chapelthorpe, Crigglestone, Agbrigg, West Bretton, Milnthorpe, Newmillerdam, Woodthorpe ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Guide to Sandal Magna, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. Editing rights on the English Wiki are changing.
Feb 4, 2024 · The Ancient Parish of SANDAL MAGNA. "SANDAL MAGNA, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield, 2 miles from Wakefield, 8 from Barnsley, 9 from Pontefract, 30 from York. Pop. 888. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, ~£13. 7s. 8d. p.r. £122. 17s. 2d.
Historical Description. Sandal Magna, a village, a township, and an extensive parish in the W.R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the river Caliler, the Barnsley Canal, and the North Midland railway, 2 miles S by E of Wakefield, contains many neat residences, and has a station called Sandal and Walton on the railway, and a post office of the name of Sandal under Wakefield; money order office ...
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Feb 1, 2024 · SANDAL MAGNA: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1887. "SANDAL MAGNA, is a pleasant village 2 miles S. of Wakefield, and the township in the parish of its name, includes the hamlets of Milnthorpe, Belle Vue, Woodthorpe, Pledwick, Newmillerdam and Stanbridge, and is in Wakefield Union, county court district, and bankruptcy court district, Agbrigg wapentake, Wakefield petty ...
