The Yards of Wakefield
Wakefield, like many other towns and cities had its fair share of yards. The idea of turning a stable or outbuilding into a home is not new, many a shopkeeper, publican, butcher or tailor turned a once used extension into a form of income. Yards were named after the person who owned the property or what type of business they ran or even the name of the public house that fronted the yard.
I have come across these yards in my family history research and have tried to identify where they are or were in modern terms, not always successfully.
The information has been gleaned from Wakefield census, maps, council diaries, trade directories, accounts etc. If you know of a yard omitted from the list, let me know.
Name of Yard | Area of Wakefield |
Albion | Kirkgate |
Albion | Northgate |
Albion | Westgate (hotel yard) |
Albion Mill | Ings Road |
Aldams | Kirkgate |
Allatts or Allutts | Kirkgate |
Armitages | Charles Street |
Ashtons | Westgate End |
Avesons | Kirkgate |
Bakers | Kirkgate |
Barkers | Kirkgate |
Barcroft | Kirkgate |
Barratts | Northgate |
Baxendales | Kirkgate |
Bay Horse | Kirkgate |
Beaumonts | Kirkgate |
Beehive | Kirkgate |
Bells | Northgate |
Bells | Grove Street |
Berrys | Northgate |
Blackburns | Easrmoor |
Blackburns | Kirkgate |
Black Horse | Westgate |
Black Swan | Kirkgate/Springs |
Blue Bell | |
Boilers | Thornes |
Bollands | Wrengate |
Boltons | Providence Street |
Bouchers | Kirkgate |
Bouchers | Grove Road |
Bramhams | Eastmoor |
Bretts | Eastmoor |
Brewers Arms | Westgate |
Brewers Arms | Kirkgate |
Brewery | Doncaster Road |
Brickmakers | Eastmoor |
Briggs | Northgate |
Briggs | Westgate |
Britannia | Warrengate |
Buggs | Park Street |
Butchers Arms | Stanley Road |
Cain | Westgate |
Camplin | Eastmoor |
Carabines | Westgate |
Chadwicks | Kirkgate |
Chapel | Eastmoor |
Clarksons | off Pincheon Street (?) |
Claytons | Eastmoor |
Claytons | Wakefield Road |
Claytons | Doncaster Road |
Cock & Swan | |
Cooling | Kirkgate |
Cooperative | Alverthorpe |
Camplin | Eastmoor |
Cross Pipes | Alverthorpe |
Days | Northgate |
Dickensons | off South Street |
Dickenson | off Pincheon Street |
Dispensary | Northgate |
Dixon's | Kirkgate |
Dolphin | Warrengate/Kirkgate |
Dudley | Belle Vue |
Duncan | Thornes |
Dusty Miller | Kirkgate |
Ellarbys | Thornes |
Elwicks | Northgate |
Farrars | off Pincheon Street |
Fawcetts | Kirkgate |
Fenton Heald's | |
Firths | Primrose Hill |
Firths | Stanley Road |
Flying Horse | Kirkgate |
Fryers | Northgate |
Gas House | Northgate |
George & Crown | Silver Street |
Gills | Northgate |
Glass Works | Primrose Hill |
Glovers | Alverthorpe |
Glovers | Thornes |
Golden Lion | Northgate |
Golden Lion | Kirkgate |
Gosnay | Eastmoor |
Governors | Eastmoor |
Governors | Northgate |
Griffin | Nelson Street |
Greaves | Thornes |
Green Dragon | Parliament Street, Westgate |
Hallidays | Eastmoor |
Halls | Thornes |
Hammonds | Kirkgate |
Hampshires | Warrengate |
Harrisons | Kirkgate |
Hartleys | Tavern Street |
Hartleys | Kirkgate |
Hastings | Charles Street |
Hamshaw | South Street |
Hesling | Kirkgate |
Holdsworth | off Doncster Road |
Holdsworth | nr Providence Street |
Holts | Westgate |
Horners | Kirkgate |
Horns | Kirkgate |
Howarths | Westgate |
Hudsons | Pincheon Street |
Hudsons | Stanley Road |
Hudson | Northgate |
Ingwell | Kirkgate |
Johnsons | off Charles Street |
Jubbs | Thornes |
Keddys | Kirkgate |
Kershaw's | Kirkgate |
Knowles | close to Hardy Croft |
Lake | Kirkgate |
Lands | Northgate |
Laycocks | Kirkgate |
Library | Northgate |
Lion | Kirkgate |
Little Bull Yard | Westgate |
Lowries (Lowry's) | Northgate |
Malt Kiln | Warrengate |
Manor House | Kirkgate |
Marshall's | Westgate |
Mellord's | |
Messons | Belle Vue |
Mill | Thornes |
Mill | Alverthorpe |
Milnes | |
Model | Warrengate |
Mollacrees | Kirkgate |
Moxons | Kirkgate |
Navigation | Kirkgate |
New Inn | Thornes |
Northorpes | Primrose Hill |
Oates | Kirkgate |
Old Crown | Northgate |
Old Globe | Westgate |
Old Warehouse | Kirkgate |
Oughs | Park Street |
Oxleys | South Street |
Parkin | Kirkgate |
Pearsons | Warrengate |
Perkin's | Westgate |
Pilkington | Thornes |
Plumpton | Alverthorpe |
Postman | Northgate |
Priests | Alverthorpe |
Princes | Westgate |
Prospect | Carter Street |
Quaker | Belle Vue |
Queens Arms | Thornes |
Rawling | Eastmoor |
Red Lion Yard | Kirkgate |
Rhodes | Kirkgate |
Rhodes | Warrengate |
Robsons | Westgate |
Rodney | Kirkgate |
Saville | Warrengate |
Saw | Westgate |
Scotts | Westgate |
Scotts | John Street |
Sellers | Stanley Road |
Shaw | Kirkgate |
Shaw | Northgate |
Ship | Kirkgate |
Shires | Stanley Road |
Shuttleworths | off Southgate |
Sidebottoms | Westgate |
Simpsons | Wonder Street |
Smallpage | Westmorland Street |
Spawforths | Westgate |
Spurr | Eastmoor |
Stamp Office | Westgate |
Stead's | Westgate |
Statters | Kirkgate |
Statters | Providence St |
Stockdales | Kirkgate |
Stocks | Kirkgate |
Stott | Wrengate |
Strafford | Northgate |
Stringers | Westgate |
Sunderland | Kirkgate |
Sun | Sun Lane |
Swan | Westgate |
Talbot & Falcon | Northgate |
Talbot | Westgate |
Taylors | Eastmoor |
Taylors | Kirkgate |
Thompsons | Westgate |
Three Tuns | Northgate |
Threshs | Westgate |
Tidswell | Westgate |
Tofts | Northgate |
Vaudeville | Westgate |
Volunteer | Kirkgate |
Wades | Kirkgate |
Wainwrights | Kirkgate |
Walkers | Stanley Road |
Walkers | Thornes |
Wards | Thornes |
Waterworks | Northgate |
Web & Yates | Bridge Street |
Websters | Stanley Road |
Websters | Kirkgate |
Wellington | Alverthorpe |
White's Yard | top of Westgate |
White Hart | Southgate |
White Horse | Westgate |
White Swan | Westgate |
Widdops | Charles Street |
Wilby | Stanley Road |
Wilds | Kirkgate |
Wilsons | Northgate |
Wilsons | Park Street |
Windmill | Westgate |
Woodcock | Kirkgate |
Woods | Providence Street |
Woolpacks | Westgate |
York Hotel | Westgate |
References : Trade directories for area - Godfrey maps series - census 1851-1901- Wakefield Accounts
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