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    Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Sandal Magna, a suburb of the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, overlooking the River Calder...
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    population in 2001 of 5,432. 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...
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    but found he was outnumbered. Although he occupied Sandal Castle, York sortied from the castle on 30 December. His reasons for doing so have been variously...
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    Europe at 2 miles 125 yards (3,333 m; 16.57 furlongs). The ruins of Sandal Castle and its visitor centre are open to the public, overlooking the Pugneys...
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  • Look up sandal or sandals in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sandal is an open type of outdoor footwear also known as a shoe Konar Sandal, archaeological...
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    death in 1088. The construction of Sandal Castle began early in the 12th century. A second castle, Wakefield Castle, was built at Lawe Hill on the north...
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    Rutland, headed north on 2 December. They arrived at York's stronghold of Sandal Castle on 21 December to find the situation bad and getting worse. Forces loyal...
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    "Sandal Castle" Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Devizes Castle" Archived 2015-10-05 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Longford Castle" Archived...
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  • army, some 8,000 strong, was awaiting reinforcements at Sandal Castle in Wakefield (the castle was built on top of a Norman motte). He was surrounded by...
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    Pontefract Castle Pontefract Priory, Pontefract Queen's Park, Castleford Roundhay Park Leeds Saltaire, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Sandal Castle Scarcroft...
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    presidency of John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln in April 1484, based at Sandal Castle in Wakefield. It is considered to have greatly improved conditions for...
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    in Yorkshire throughout its history: first at Sheriff Hutton Castle and at Sandal Castle, and then at King's Manor, York. Henry VIII re-established the...
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    of Sandal Castle near the town of Wakefield, with the Lancastrians encamped just 9 mi (14 km). For reasons unclear, York sortied from the castle on 30...
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    Pickering Castle Pinxton Castle Pleshey Castle Reigate Castle Sandal Castle Skipsea Castle Stafford Castle Stansted Mountfitchet Castle Tamworth Castle Thetford...
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    Mortemer Castle in France, where a similar keep was built on top of a motte, and Conisbrough might also have had resemblances to Sandal Castle in the north...
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    gravel quarry and was opened to the public in 1985. It is overlooked by Sandal Castle. The park comprises two lakes, Both lakes are now dedicated as a nature...
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    St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield Clayton Hospital Elizabethan Gallery Sandal Castle St Austin's Church St John the Baptist Church The Hepworth Wakefield...
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    this appointment Overton captured Sandal Castle. Overton was acting governor during the siege of Pontefract Castle; it was reported that he was inconsiderate...
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    October 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2016. "Pontefract Castle – 15th Century". Pontefract & Sandal Castles. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved...
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    The Nike Fixing her Sandal (Ancient Greek: Νίκη Σανδαλίζουσα, romanized: Níkē Sandalízousa), also known as Nike Taking off her Sandal or Nike Sandalbinder...
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    Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (pl.: pepla), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or biblical epics mostly set in the...
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    St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield Clayton Hospital Elizabethan Gallery Sandal Castle St Austin's Church St John the Baptist Church The Hepworth Wakefield...
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    restore a semblance of order to the region; they arrived at York's Sandal Castle on the 21st of the month. It is possible that a Christmas truce was...
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    and Sandal Castle. The Council lasted for a century and a half. In 1485, the pretender to the throne, Lambert Simnel, was transferred from the castle to...
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    building of Sandal Castle was begun early in the 12th century by William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey (1081–1138) who was granted the Sandal estates in...
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    quality". She lived at the Warenne family estates, Conisbrough Castle and Sandal Castle, abandoned by her husband, who since 1313 had been trying to divorce...
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    The character appears in the act II scene IV and act III scene II. Sandal Castle Sardis Savoy Palace. The former home of John of Gaunt, attacked by Jack...
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    Sandal and Agbrigg railway station serves the Wakefield suburbs of Sandal and Agbrigg in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and is...
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  • that Morris was simply an inhabitant in the area. From the siege of Sandal Castle in 1645 Morris knew Colonel Robert Overton, who had since been made...
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    2 December 1460 to restore order to the region, arriving at York's Sandal Castle on the 21st. Nine days later, York, his son Edmund, Earl of Rutland...
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