IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
King Street, WF1 2TD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to King Street, WF1 2TD by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (1156 Images Found)
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Tammy Hall
Tammy Hall, a large grade II listed building erected for the sale of a special locally produced worsted cloth in the 1770’s. LBS No. 441739
After various other users in the mid nineteenth century, the building was purchased by the Corporation in 1876 and was altered and refaced to provide a Borough Police Station and Fire Station. It is now part of the Magistrates Court. Image
Image: © Mike Kirby
Taken: 26 Oct 2008
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Wakefield Magistrates Court
Looking down the side from Cliff Parade. The two men on the left seemed to be Press photographers, judging by the equipment they carried.
Image: © Rich Tea
Taken: 20 Jun 2006
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3
Fireman carving
A stone carving depicting a Victorian fireman above Tammy Hall entrance door on Cliff Parade. Ref Image
Image: © Mike Kirby
Taken: 2 Nov 2008
0.01 miles
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Blue Plaque, Cliff Parade, Wakefield
This is on a building which is now part of the Magistrates Court. The Blue Plaque tells us "This building is the surviving part of the Tammy (cloth) Hall opened in 1777. In 1878 it became the borough's fire and police station, as the carvings show".
The carved head of a policeman or fireman can be seen above the door in Image] with the blue plaque to the left of the door.
More information can be seen on the Wakefield Civic Society website http://www.wakefieldcivicsociety.org.uk/?i=82&s=1111
Image: © Rich Tea
Taken: 20 Jun 2006
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Wakefield Magistrates' Court, Cliff Parade
Image: © Mark Anderson
Taken: 30 Jun 2018
0.01 miles
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Gill Street, Wakefield
The building to the right is the Town Hall.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 29 Jun 2018
0.01 miles
7
#26 King Street (former police station?)
There is an OS benchmark Image on the roadface of the near corner pier
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 3 Sep 2012
0.01 miles
8
Council Offices
Only a small part of the vast new town hall can be seen from this narrow street.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 2 Jul 2018
0.02 miles
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Firemen carving
A stone carving depicting Victorian firemen, (when Tammy Hall was the fire station), on the right side gable, which can just be made out in the main picture. Image
Image: © Mike Kirby
Taken: 2 Nov 2008
0.02 miles
10
Civic Quarter
This cobbled street runs between the Town Hall and old, disused Court House building. The police station is on the opposite side of Wood St.
Image: © SMJ
Taken: 7 Jun 2008
0.02 miles