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Kirkgate Station

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The first railway line to go through Wakefield was the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1840.  It passed through Kirkgate Station which was built partly on the site of the cement works of Joseph Aspdin, the inventor of Portland Cement. 
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​Old Wakey
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  • Home
  • Up Town
    • Lower Kirkgate >
      • Kirkgate Station
      • The Six Chimneys
      • The Regal
    • Northgate
    • Southgate
    • The Cathedral
    • The Market
    • The Springs
    • Upper Kirkgate
    • The Bullring
    • The Bus Station
    • The Orangery
    • The Queen Vic
    • Westgate >
      • Westgate Station
  • Sandal Castle
  • Around Wakefield
    • Agbrigg
    • Alverthorpe
    • Eastmoor
    • Flanshaw >
      • Flanshaw in the News
    • Kettlethorpe
    • Lupset
    • Peacock
    • Portobello
    • Sandal
    • St John's >
      • St John's Church
      • Jonathan Strange
    • The Pugneys >
      • By The River
    • Thornes >
      • Thornes Park
    • Wrenthorpe
  • Videos