A print of an early engraving showing Sandal Castle ruins. In the background, towards the centre, can be seen the spire of the Parish Church of All Saints, later Wakefield Cathedral. Two people can be seen in front of the ruins. Internal Reference: WR (...

An aerial view of Barnsley Road and Sandal Castle, Sandal, near Wakefield, between 1960-1970

A black and white photograph of the ruins of Sandal Castle, near Wakefield, in 1977. The photograph shows the motte and defensive walls of the stone castle. People can be seen climbing on the site. This castle, built in the twelfth century on the site o...

A black and white romanticised drawing of Sandal Castle, taken from a programme for the Bazaar for Wakefield Bishopric Ladies House Fund held at Leeds Town Hall on 20th-22nd April 1887. The picture shows the ruins of the castle standing on a mound with ...

A colour photograph of the ruins of Sandal Castle looking towards the lake at Pugneys Country Park. This castle, built in the twelfth century on the site of an earlier wooden structure, and expanded over the centuries, was the site of the Battle of Wake...

A black and white slide of an artists copy of the Elizabethan picture of Sandal Castle of 1562. People and animals have been added. Tree trunks on the right are lower than in the original. The castle sketch was destroyed during the Civil War in 1645. In...

An engraving of Sandal Castle depicting how it may have appeared before its destruction in 1645 during the Civil War. The castle started as an earth and timber construction in about 1100. It was replaced by a stone building between 1200 and 1280 by the ...

A colour slide of a sketch of what Sandal Castle would have looked like in 1562. It is a copy of a work done in the Elizabethan period, by an artist of the Victorian period. Internal Reference: WR Box WA number 22

A black and white etching of Sandal Castle ruins, by W.H.Milnes Jnr (1865-1957). Milnes was one of seven children. He worked as an engraver, and then studied art. His work was found by his grand-daughter in 1990, when her mother died. The etching shows ...

A colour aerial photograph of Castle Grove Infant School, Sandal, shown here in the centre. The remains of Sandal Castle are visible towards the bottom right of the photograph. The River Calder is in the top left corner, over which passes a railway line...

A black and white photograph of the moat at Sandal Castle, lined with trees. Internal Reference: WR (LS) Banks Walks about Wakefield Slides

A slide of a black and white photograph taken from the North East slide and from the moat showing part of the motte and part of the hall in the ruins of Sandal Castle. This photograph was taken prior to the 1960s excavation. Internal Reference: WR Box W...

A colour slide showing an view of the ruins of Sandal Castle in 2002. This view is taken looking east towards the ruins standing atop the bailey. In the background, to the left, the rising mound of the keep can be seen. This photograph was taken by a pe...

The title page of the book 'Scenery in the Vicinity of Wakefield by an amateur'. The book contains drawings with descriptions, of scenes around Wakefield, drawn by Rev Thomas Kilby, published in 1843. This image shows Sandal Castle, and people walking n...

A colour photograph of Sandal Castle ruins, of unknown date but postmarked 1906. The castle was destroyed after a six month siege during the Civil War in 1645. The first serious excavation was in 1893 and then in was excavated again between 1964 and 197...

A colour aerial photograph of the area surrounding Sandal Castle and Pugneys Lake to the south of Wakefield. The lake can clearly be seen to the centre left of the picture and the castle mound to the right. In the upper part of the picture can be seen t...

A black and white photograph of the ruins of Sandal Castle, near Wakefield, in 1977. The photograph shows a defensive wall, with a skin of large stone blocks, filled with rubble. Some children, probably the owners of the bicycle on the left, climb on th...

A slide of a black and white photograph showing a group of women and children at the tram terminus, on Barnsley Road, Sandal in 1905. On the right is Castle Inn, named for nearby Sandal Castle. Just to its right is the entrance to Walton Lane. Saint Hel...

A drawing of the death of Rutland outside Sandal Castle in 1460. His body was first interred at Pontefract and afterwards was moved to Fotheringay. From George Fox's manuscript 'History of Pontefract' written by him in the mid 1800s. Internal Reference:...

Invitation to the presentation of report of an excavation at Sandal Castle, held in Wakefield