Wakefield's wool market was held here in Westgate, latterly on Thursdays, from medieval times until the business transferred to the wool warehouses built in cheapside and the surrounding yards.
Wakefield Civic Society Sirdar Established in Ossett in 1880 by brothers Tom & Henry Harrap, the company moved its yarn manufacturing operations to this site in 1890. In 1934, under the leadership of Tom's son Fred. The company adopted the Sirdar name which it still uses today. 2014
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