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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Wakefield
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(74,000 in 1991) City in West Yorkshire on the river Calder, an important centre for the manufacture of woollen goods in the Middle Ages – the period of the chapel on its old bridge and of its cycle of *mystery plays. It was made a diocese in 1888; the 14C parish church of All Saints (with the tallest spire in Yorkshire) then became the cathedral.
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