Gender Diversity
The top 10
Denise Castle (nee Ramsden) 1951-2003 [full inscription unknown]
Stanley St Peter’s Primary School, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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Fanny Wordsworth Stott (Nee Haslegrave) (1882-1961) Lived here at Grove House from 1925 to 1950. The first female Mayor of Wakefield City Council (1940-41)-with her daughter ‘Betty’ Stott serving as her Mayoress. She trained as a nurse before becoming a councillor for the Eastmoor and St John's ward in 1929. Elevated to the aldermanic bench in 1938, she became a magistrate in 1939. A prolific fundraiser and campaigner who sat on many committees.
1 College Grove Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom
Phyliss Lett (c.1883-1962) acclaimed contralto [full inscription unknown]
South Parade, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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Clara Maria Clarkson (1811-1889) Unitarian and diarist. Born at Alverthorpe Hall and associated with Flanshaw Hall, she lived here until her death in 1889. A lifelong Unitarian who attended Westgate Chapel and signed the 1866 Suffrage Petition. Her social commentary provides a valuable insight into local history and the lived of Victorian women. 'Merrie Wakefield' by Ann K. Jacques published 1971, was based on her journals
Hatfield Street, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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The Gissing Sisters Margaret (1863-1930) & Ellen (1867-1938). In 1896 the Gissing Sisters moved to this address where they opened Wakefield's first Preparatory School for Boys in 1898. Both were visionary educationalists and introduced, for the first time onto a boys' curriculum, art, culture and music. They were known to referee football matches at the school
Wentworth Terrace, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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Louisa Fennell (1847-1930) renowned Wakefield-born watercolourist, whose work included paintings of Wakefield scenes, lived at this address from 1919 until her death and is buried in St John's Church Yard opposite
21 St John's Square, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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Constance Edith Heward (1884-1968) author of the Ameliaranne series of children's books who ran a small and successful private school here in the 1930s and prior to that at Bromley Mount
8 St John's Square, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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Wakefield Anti-Slavery Association was established 12th January 1860 at the Corn Exchange after a lecture delivered by Sarah Parker Remond, renowned transatlantic abolitionist, campaigner of suffrage, human rights activist & physician. This event was enabled by the Wakefield Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society constituted in 1857. Elizabeth Dawson 1829-1894 was the secretary of both organisations
, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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Mary Frances Heaton (1801-1878) "The Tragic Patient". Declared insane after a dispute over money she was owed. Committed to the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum from 1837 to 1873. Created a legacy of needlework samplers that are early examples of how art therapy was used as a treatment for mental ill health
, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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Dame Marjorie Williamson (1913-2002) University administrator and physicist, lived here as a child. [full inscription unknown]
Belgrave Terrace, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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1-3 Wood Street. The Bank of Leathem, Tew and Co. opened a branch on this site in ??. The current building designed by... [full inscription unknown]
Qubana Restaurant, Wood Street, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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Staff Nurse Nellie Spindler (1891-1917) lived at 104 Stanley Road and worked as a nurse at the City Fever Hospital, later joining Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Killed by shell-fire on 21st August 1917 at Brandhoek, Belgium, she is buried with full military honours, the only woman amongst 10,000 men, at the Commonwealth Military Cemetery at Lijssenthosk.
Stanley Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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William Alfred Ismay MBE [full inscription unknown]
14 Welbeck Street, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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The boyhood home of David Storey (1933-), rugby footballer, novelist and playwright, much of whose work reflects his years in Wakefield.
91 Manor Haigh Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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John Wolfenden Kt (1906-1985), lived near here as a boy at 196 Alverthorpe Road. He became a distinguished figure nationally in education and administration and is most remembered for the 1957 'Wolfenden' Report.
196 Alverthorpe Road, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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Potteries were a feature of this area from medieval times, giving rise to the old name of 'Potovens'. Opposite this site Robert Glover's potter's cottage, built in 1679, together with several 17th century pottery kilns.
Wrenthorpe Potteries, Wakefield, United Kingdom
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Stanley Hall, built about 1802 for the cloth-merchant Benjamin Heywood, was the home of William Shaw (1804-1859), a successful contractor during the great age of railway building in the 1840s
Stanley Hall, Wakefield, United Kingdom