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<br/>Described as a brewery tap, continental beer bar and bier keller! The name refers to the Fernandes brewery which operated in Wakefield from around 1850 until the time of the First World War.
©Mike Kirby
<br/>Car park and rear access to the Scartop Pine Villages furniture store which fronts onto Kirkgate.
©Mike Kirby
<br/>These cottages in Charlotte Street Yard are home to DIVA, the development agency for voluntary arts in the Wakefield District.
©Mike Kirby
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©Betty Longbottom
<br/>This date stone can be found on the City Limits Youth Service building in Thornhill Street, which shows it first opened as the Methodist Primary School in 1846. [[946011]]
©Mike Kirby
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©Mike Kirby
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©Betty Longbottom
<br/>This shot of the George Street almshouses, a grade II listed building, was taken from The Ridings shopping centre car park.
©Mike Kirby
<br/>This former burial ground has been turned into a peaceful refuge, minutes away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre. (Not easy to do the gardens justice from a photography angle).
©Mike Kirby
<br/>Located by Kirkgate roundabout.
©Mike Kirby
<br/>Wakefield jobcentre, located in Thornhill Street.
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.1km north<br/>The Wakefield branch is located in Charlotte Street.
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.1km north<br/>These were erected by Caleb Crowther(1769-1849) for poor Non-Conformists.
©Betty Longbottom
Dist:0.1km north<br/>See Wakefield almshouses. [[660612]] and [[660615]]
©Mike Kirby
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Another view of the building. A hairdressers occupies part of the George Street frontage.
©Mike Kirby

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