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    Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, which had a 2022 population of 357,729, the 26th most populous district in England

  2. Jul 23, 2024 · The city and metropolitan borough is named for its main population centre, the historic town of Wakefield. Wakefield was originally the chief locality in a large estate belonging to Edward the Confessor and was still a royal manor in 1086. Shortly afterward it became a baronial holding.

  3. Wakefield is a 2016 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Robin Swicord and starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner. It is based on the 2008 short story of the same name by E. L. Doctorow published in The New Yorker, which was in turn inspired by the 1835 story of the same title by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

  4. May 1, 2023 · 15 Best Things to Do in Wakefield (Yorkshire, England): The Hepworth; National Coal Mining Museum for England; Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Nostell Priory and Parkland; Wakefield Cathedral; Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin; Wakefield Museum; Theatre Royal; Newmillerdam Country Park; Pontefract Castle; Pugneys Country Park; Sandal Castle

  5. May 19, 2017 · Wakefield: Directed by Robin Swicord. With Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Garner, Victoria Bruno, Ellery Sprayberry. A lawyer on the edge of madness decides to disassociate himself from his own life.

  6. Wakefield, also known as the City of Wakefield, is a local government district with city status and a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settlement, is the administrative centre of the district. The population of the City of Wakefield at the 2011 Census was 325,837.

  7. Wakefield was the birthplace of world-renowned sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. Wakefield is also famous for its coal mining heritage, cathedral, and rhubarb. The city of Wakefield is also home to the largest high security prison in Western Europe.

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