Sandal West Yorkshire
Sandal is a village to the south of Wakefield West Yorkshire. And the location of the historic Sandal Castle.
Sandal Castle is a ruin on the edge of the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire and overlooks the River Calder and Pugneys Country Park. It was the site of royal intrigue, the opening of one of William Shakespeare's plays, and possibly the source for a common children's nursery rhyme.
There have been many changes to Sandal Castle since 1138 but the main building was made in 1240-1300 when the keep and many other buildings and the curtain wall was made into stone. Then in 1300-1352 the Queen's window (so called as the lady of the manor was seen to be looking out of it) was changed into a door linking the newly built larder to the banquet hall. The larder was needed as more and more people were stopping at the castle.
Apart from being a source of stone and a place for locals to relax, little brought the ruins into the historical eye after this. They were depicted in the foreground of a drawing of Wakefield from the south by Samuel Buck c.1719 or 1722, and in 1753 an engraving was published of an Elizabethan survey drawing.
The ruins were first excavated by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in 1893. A more detailed project began in the summer of 1964 and was a partnership between Wakefield Corporation, Wakefield Historical Society and the University of Leeds. This project started as an experiment in adult education, but with the help of over 100 enthusiastic local volunteers it grew into a complete and rigorous excavation that was to continue for the next nine years.
n 2003, Sandal Castle was given a wooden walkway, to allow people to walk to its summit without causing erosion. A visitor centre was also constructed about 100 metres from the castle, and a car parking area made available. There have been historical re-enactments and "living history" days, including commemoration of the Battle of Wakefield and the deaths of Richard Duke of York and his son Edmund.
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