DNA
Bioscience offers paternity and other DNA relationship testing
to the residents of Wakefield and the surrounding area. As we have dealt
with a number of customers from Wakefield we wanted to also take the
opportunity of providing information about this town.
Originally part of a
royal manor, Wakefield became a baronial holding after 1086. It was the
scene of the Wars of the
Roses
at which Richard, duke of York, was captured and beheaded by
Lancastrians. In the 15th century the
Wakefield Plays, one of the collections of English
miracle
plays, were presented there. The town was attacked and taken by the
Parliamentarian general Baron
Fairfax
in 1643 during the
English
Civil Wars. Known as a textile centre since the 16th century,
Wakefield specializes in wool and
synthetic knitting yarns.
