Good job, Catherine! I'll be attending the AGM of the Battlefield Trust in York next month (April 2024) and will also make a point of visiting the battlefield in Wakefield(and Towton). You inspire me!
Great stuff. It's not often I learn about a battle I'd not heard of, especially, embarrassingly one from a well explored period almost on my doorstep. Thank you for enlightening me. Nice, concise but packed with all the useful relevant stuff. Looking forward exploring more from you.
Having been born over sixty years ago, and raised, very close to where all this happened I find this very interesting and learned a few things. Great video. Thanks, and I think you will go far!
Probably have to watch 5 or 6 times for it to sink in. Been studying battle of Towton and visited site twice this week. If I remember rightly, Richard of York gets his own back after Towton when he removes the heads of his father and brother and puts some senior Lancastrian heads on Micklegate bar as revenge. I know Micklegate bar really well. Surreal.
Oh, re an earlier vid about Bradford. Im not certain about there but I am certain that when you pronounce Kirkgate as in the market in Leeds, the second k is totally silent. 😉
Very good presentation of history .Amazing girl, wearing old fashion Hat and jacket . You have talent to showing this story to people who never heard about bloody battles of Wars of Roses.
Liked this: good delivery, well-structured content (same as the one on Ferryridge), plain, straightforward style with no unnecessary hyperbole and melodrama - I'll certainly be looking at all your other minidocs. Minor quibbles - Beaufort is pronounced Bowfort (as in bow and arrow), and the locals pronounce St. Albans 'St. Orlbans' - but these are very minor - and you taught me stuff I did not know. Keep going!
I did learn about Sandal Castle and The Battle of Wakefield.I did it as part of my GCSE/O'levels at Thornes House.I used to love my History Classes. It's a shame you didn't get the chance mate cos Wakefield and Sandal Castle were right in the thick of the Roses Wars.
I love Sandal. Used to take my kids there n we climbed to the top many times. They went grass sledging down the sides on bits of cardboard. I heard about one (I thought it was Richard) who went out with a foraging party and got jumped by Lancastrians who executed him within sight of the castle while his son watched. Am I off on the wrong track or summat? Sorry, for some reasons I can't see replies. Just giving food for thought. Mi grandad n great grandad n family lived about 3 streets away from the castle lol.
Here's a fun one - Pontefract means broken bridge (pontoon fracture) One myth is that William the Conqueror had to dismantle a bridge to stop an enemy crossing
I learned the name Pontefract came from the Roman 'Pontus Fractus' meaning 'broken bridge' & that it was the Romans that repaired an existing 'Pontus Fractus'. 🏴🇬🇧
Where do you stand in the Wars of the Roses? I know sides change almost constantly between the wars, so say if we narrowed it down to the campaigns of 1471 and the last yorkist victories (guess whos side im on 😂) who would you side with?
Outstanding presentation. Fighting was up close and personal. We talk about PTSD today...I wonder how these battles impacted the mental state of the participants. Fighting for hours on end, the chances of death or severe wounding were very high. Also, what motivated the average combatant to take such risks? Spoils?
Back then,most average men must have been ultra Alpha Male,you know proper tough bast**ds.But on the other hand,your average man wouldn't have been anywhere near as intelligent as your average man today. However,back then,men believed that if they died fighting for a just cause they would live in Paradise for eternity(a good reason to get stuck in to the fight I reckon). Just as a side note-the difference between a man and a woman back then would be like black and white,where as these days both sexes are beginning to morph into one single(terrible) A-sexual creature.I dread to think what we'll be like in another 560 years,that's if we havn't died ourselves out by then.
you do not mention that adjacent to the battlefield is a school, in front of the school is a statue (i assume) to be the duke of york that has had it's lopped off.
@@CatherineWarr someone in the recent few decades has lopped it off, the stature (if still standing, it was 10 years ago) is in front of the school, the park lies to the left of the main road as you head from sandal towards central wakefield. the school is on the left side of the park looking from the castle to the river (i always thought it was erected where the duke was thought to have fallen), the statue was when i last saw it was fenced in with iron railings to stop further vandalism.
Informative as always.
(** BOW~fort and St ALL~bans.) A fascinating narrative from a fascinating tutor. Well done.
Good job, Catherine! I'll be attending the AGM of the Battlefield Trust in York next month (April 2024) and will also make a point of visiting the battlefield in Wakefield(and Towton). You inspire me!
Great stuff. It's not often I learn about a battle I'd not heard of, especially, embarrassingly one from a well explored period almost on my doorstep. Thank you for enlightening me. Nice, concise but packed with all the useful relevant stuff. Looking forward exploring more from you.
Having been born over sixty years ago, and raised, very close to where all this happened I find this very interesting and learned a few things. Great video. Thanks, and I think you will go far!
Well presented and well researched and location shots too, great stuff.
A very good presentation,well executed and I would suggest this young lady has a future in historical presentation on tv.
Thanks for doing what you're doing. If I can manage it I'll send you a fiver a month. Great work!
Never figured chantry bridge to be that old. Loving the videos.
Probably have to watch 5 or 6 times for it to sink in. Been studying battle of Towton and visited site twice this week. If I remember rightly, Richard of York gets his own back after Towton when he removes the heads of his father and brother and puts some senior Lancastrian heads on Micklegate bar as revenge. I know Micklegate bar really well. Surreal.
Oh, re an earlier vid about Bradford. Im not certain about there but I am certain that when you pronounce Kirkgate as in the market in Leeds, the second k is totally silent.
😉
Very good presentation of history .Amazing girl, wearing old fashion Hat and jacket . You have talent to showing this story to people who never heard about bloody battles of Wars of Roses.
Awesome video
And I always wondered what that little chapel was on the water on the edge of Wakefield
Cool 👍
Fantastic, thank you.
Very well done, sure we'll see more from you in the future.
Liked this: good delivery, well-structured content (same as the one on Ferryridge), plain, straightforward style with no unnecessary hyperbole and melodrama - I'll certainly be looking at all your other minidocs. Minor quibbles - Beaufort is pronounced Bowfort (as in bow and arrow), and the locals pronounce St. Albans 'St. Orlbans' - but these are very minor - and you taught me stuff I did not know. Keep going!
Another great video. I'm hoping for a Battle of Towton piece next. Keep up the good work.
Superb video. Good on you. Like your style too!
Fascinating! Even though it was so long ago, that cycle of revenge stuff is chilling. Thanks for posting!
Really well done and congratulations
Love your videos
Great video once again . I have always fancied gong in chantry bridge chappel
I like your style and knowledge of history, keep up the great work
I take it the bridge chapel is in wakefield ? i will make a point of going there, Excellent and informative video, i enjoyed it so much
@@CatherineWarr I'd love to visit it one day. :)
Brilliant informative video as always, digging the hat :)
Had the chance to go to the castles very cool!!
That was great! Thank you.
Good job!
Excellent very informative. As a wakefield lad born and bred why did we not learn of our local history at school.
I did learn about Sandal Castle and The Battle of Wakefield.I did it as part of my GCSE/O'levels at Thornes House.I used to love my History Classes.
It's a shame you didn't get the chance mate cos Wakefield and Sandal Castle were right in the thick of the Roses Wars.
For York!
I love Sandal. Used to take my kids there n we climbed to the top many times. They went grass sledging down the sides on bits of cardboard.
I heard about one (I thought it was Richard) who went out with a foraging party and got jumped by Lancastrians who executed him within sight of the castle while his son watched. Am I off on the wrong track or summat?
Sorry, for some reasons I can't see replies. Just giving food for thought.
Mi grandad n great grandad n family lived about 3 streets away from the castle lol.
Here's a fun one - Pontefract means broken bridge (pontoon fracture)
One myth is that William the Conqueror had to dismantle a bridge to stop an enemy crossing
I learned the name Pontefract came from the Roman 'Pontus Fractus' meaning 'broken bridge' & that it was the Romans that repaired an existing 'Pontus Fractus'. 🏴🇬🇧
My many great grandfather's ago died in this battle sir Randolph Pigot I
Where do you stand in the Wars of the Roses? I know sides change almost constantly between the wars, so say if we narrowed it down to the campaigns of 1471 and the last yorkist victories (guess whos side im on 😂) who would you side with?
Good choice haha :) I always done the same at the reenactments haha
Outstanding presentation. Fighting was up close and personal. We talk about PTSD today...I wonder how these battles impacted the mental state of the participants. Fighting for hours on end, the chances of death or severe wounding were very high. Also, what motivated the average combatant to take such risks? Spoils?
Back then,most average men must have been ultra Alpha Male,you know proper tough bast**ds.But on the other hand,your average man wouldn't have been anywhere near as intelligent as your average man today.
However,back then,men believed that if they died fighting for a just cause they would live in Paradise for eternity(a good reason to get stuck in to the fight I reckon).
Just as a side note-the difference between a man and a woman back then would be like black and white,where as these days both sexes are beginning to morph into one single(terrible) A-sexual creature.I dread to think what we'll be like in another 560 years,that's if we havn't died ourselves out by then.
We're planning to visit Sandal ourselves in a couple of weeks. Can I please ask did you have any problems with access or filming there ?
@@CatherineWarr Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!
you do not mention that adjacent to the battlefield is a school, in front of the school is a statue (i assume) to be the duke of york that has had it's lopped off.
@@CatherineWarr someone in the recent few decades has lopped it off, the stature (if still standing, it was 10 years ago) is in front of the school, the park lies to the left of the main road as you head from sandal towards central wakefield. the school is on the left side of the park looking from the castle to the river (i always thought it was erected where the duke was thought to have fallen), the statue was when i last saw it was fenced in with iron railings to stop further vandalism.
@@CatherineWarr I have never heard of a statue of the Duke of York in Wakefield. Does anyone have a picture? And is it contemporary?
Happy you brought up his son and where he was killed, You can look them up on
"Find a Grave"
Mon the wakies
I don't know why, but I root for the Yorkists.
who cleans all that china 🤓🤓🤓🤓
Great historian top marks.
He become incompetent because his wife got affair and bear another man child. Heartbroken king, so sad.