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Wakefield Museum: Pontefract Museum
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Welcome to the Wakefield Museums' blog. You can keep up to date with all the news and discover how you can get involved with the museums' projects and events here. Be sure to let us know what you think of our blog and our online collections. Click on image to enlarge. 1000am – 4.30pm. Saturday 10.30am – 4.30pm. What do you get if you cross liquorice and art nouveau? Sometimes when you walk through Pontefract town centre you can smell the delicious aroma of sweets being made. Yum! Beautiful tiles decorate...
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Wakefield Museum: Summer Holidays!
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Welcome to the Wakefield Museums' blog. You can keep up to date with all the news and discover how you can get involved with the museums' projects and events here. Be sure to let us know what you think of our blog and our online collections. Friday, July 10, 2015. There's lots on this Summer! Get creative with our marble madness activity. Paint with marbles, learn how to play and come and see the marble trophy! No need to book! Summer starts here . . . . Ages 2-5 years old. Tuesday 21 July 2015. Would yo...
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Wakefield Museum: Wakefield Museum
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Welcome to the Wakefield Museums' blog. You can keep up to date with all the news and discover how you can get involved with the museums' projects and events here. Be sure to let us know what you think of our blog and our online collections. Click on image to enlarge. Wakefield Museum is in Wakefield One. Mondays and Tuesdays 9am - 6pm. Wednesdays 9am - 8pm. Thursdays and Fridays 9am – 7pm. Saturdays 9am – 5pm. 8221; Sir David Attenborough. 8211; the oldest, the first, the one and only. Location Map - cl...
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Wakefield Museum: Collections
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Welcome to the Wakefield Museums' blog. You can keep up to date with all the news and discover how you can get involved with the museums' projects and events here. Be sure to let us know what you think of our blog and our online collections. Since the 1920s over 120,000 historic objects and works of art have been acquired on behalf of those who live, work in or visit the Wakefield district. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Find out about events and learning for schools, families and adults here.
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Wakefield Museum: Events
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Welcome to the Wakefield Museums' blog. You can keep up to date with all the news and discover how you can get involved with the museums' projects and events here. Be sure to let us know what you think of our blog and our online collections. For all our Special Events, Family Activities and Talks - click here to be taken to our dedicated site! First Tuesday of the month during term time. Messy crafts for toddlers. Sessions are for 2-5 year olds and please wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy! Experi...
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Wakefield Museum: Wakefield Museum's Young Curators' Club
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Welcome to the Wakefield Museums' blog. You can keep up to date with all the news and discover how you can get involved with the museums' projects and events here. Be sure to let us know what you think of our blog and our online collections. Saturday, July 18, 2015. Wakefield Museum's Young Curators' Club. The Young Curators Club (YCC) is for children aged 8-13 years old, meeting in the Learning Zone at Wakefield One on the third Saturday of each month - and it's free! Young Curators have been busy creat...
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Roman Castleford: Excavations - the fort
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Excavations - the fort. Excavations - the vicus. Excavations - the fort. Castleford was known to be the site of a Roman fort called Lagentium, but only archaeological excavations could prove for certain where it was. Archaeologists have clearly identified not just a Roman fort, but also a vicus (or civilian settlement) outside the fort. The fort was next to the main Roman road, close to the river crossing. The Roman army needed to transport troops and supplies safely along the road. The main defence was ...
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Roman Castleford: The Site
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Excavations - the fort. Excavations - the vicus. Where was Roman Castleford? Modern Castleford has been built over the top of Roman Castleford so there are no Roman buildings to see. However, the line of the Roman road can still be seen on the map. The Roman road entered Castleford from the south underneath Beancroft Road. It then ran under Welbeck Street and passed east of All Saints’ Church to cross the river by a ford. Map showing the position of the fort and vicus underneath modern Castleford. Simple...
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Roman Castleford: Excavations - the vicus
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Excavations - the fort. Excavations - the vicus. Excavations - the vicus. Castleford was known to be the site of a Roman fort called Lagentium, but only archaeological excavations could prove for certain where it was. Archaeologists have clearly identified not just a Roman fort, but also a vicus (or civilian settlement) outside the fort. Who lived there and what did it look like? Who lived in the vicus? The vicus lay to the south west and west of the fort. Unlike the fort, it was not protected by def...