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Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire, England
- City of Wakefield, the metropolitan borough in which this city is located
- Wakefield Prison, located in this city
- Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency), located in this city
- Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, rugby league club located in city.
Wakefield may also refer to:
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Places
In Australia
- Wakefield, New South Wales
- Wakefield Street, Adelaide, South Australia
- Port Wakefield, South Australia
- Wakefield Regional Council, around Port Wakefield
- Division of Wakefield is an Australian electoral division
In Canada
In New Zealand
In the United States
- Wakefield, Kansas
- Wakefield, Kentucky
- Wakefield, Louisiana
- Wakefield, Massachusetts
- Wakefield, Michigan
- Wakefield, Nebraska
- Wakefield, New Hampshire
- Wakefield, Bronx, New York
- Wakefield, Virginia
- Wakefield Township, Michigan
- Wakefield Township, Minnesota
- Wakefield-Peacedale, Rhode Island, United States of America, sometimes also referred to as Wakefield
- Wakefield Plantation, in Raleigh, North Carolina
People
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- the Wakefield family of colonists to New Zealand, Canada and South Australia:
- Captain Arthur Wakefield, 1799–1843, who died in the Wairau Affray, brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield
- Daniel Bell Wakefield, 1798-1858, brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield
- Edward Gibbon Wakefield, 1796-1862, an influential theorist on colonization
- Edward Jerningham Wakefield, 1820-1879, son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, New Zealand politician and author of Adventures in New Zealand
- Edward Wakefield (politician), 1845–1924, son of Felix Wakefield, New Zealand politician and journalist
- Felix Wakefield, 1807-1875, brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield
- Colonel William Wakefield,1801-1848, who founded Wellington, New Zealand, brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield
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- other Wakefields:
- Andrew Wakefield (born 1957), a British gastroenterologist
- Charles Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, a British peer
- Dan Wakefield (born 1932), American novelist
- Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1903–1969, British civil servant and Conservative Member of Parliament
- John Peter Wakefield, 1915-1942, British racing car driver
- Martin Wakefield (born 1972), U.S. military officer and recipient of the Purple Heart for action in Mosul Iraq
- Norman Arthur Wakefield, 1918-1972, Australian naturalist
- Rhys Wakefield, Australian Actor
- H. Russell Wakefield, Author
- S. A. Wakefield (born 1927), Australian author
- Tim Wakefield (born 1966), pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
Other uses
- Wakefield (band), an American rock band
- Wakefield Accelerator, a kind of particle accelerator
- The Battle of Wakefield in the Wars of the Roses, 1460
- Wakefield High School in several places
- Wakefield (short story), a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The Vicar of Wakefield, a novel by Oliver Goldsmith
- Wakefield Cycle, A manuscript containing thirty-two Medieval religious plays
- Cushman & Wakefield the commercial real estate company headquartered in New York City.
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