Yorkshire (85 pages found in this category)


Sandal Castle

Ruined medieval castle in Sandal Magna, Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. One of two castles built overlooking the River Calder, it was built by the Warrennes, the Earls of Surrey who were Lords of the Manor of Wakefield.

Scammonden

Pennine village that was flooded in the 1960s when Scammonden Dam and the M62 trans-Pennine motorway were constructed.

Scammonden Reservoir

Reservoir in the South Pennines supplying water to Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.

Shoddy and mungo

Manufacture of shoddy and mungo, an early form of recycling, was an important industry in the Heavy Woollen district of West Yorkshire.

Sitlington

Ancient township of four villages, renamed from Shitlington to Sitlington in 1929.

Skelmanthorpe flag

Banner made in honour of the victims of the Peterloo Massacre.

St Bartholomew’s Chapel, West Bretton

Former estate chapel in the grounds of Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire.

St Mary’s Chapel, Lead

Chapel in the middle of a field containing the earthworks of a vanished medieval manor house.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Thornhill

Active Anglican church in Thornhill, West Yorkshire, Grade I listed.

St Peter and St Leonard’s Church, Horbury

Active Anglican church in the diocese of Wakefield, usually known as St Peter's.