South end of Cheapside, off Westgate, Wakefield
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South end of Cheapside, off Westgate, Wakefield
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 30 Jun 2018
Our guide informed us that "Cheapside" takes its name from the "chapmen" or traders who lived here, and that it was developed from one of the many burgage plots off Westgate in the middle ages. "Rooster King" appears to have closed at some time in the last ten years Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.682351
Longitude
-1.501244