Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and...
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The Pontefract line is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern, and links Wakefield...
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Pontefract cakes (also known as Pomfret cakes and Pomfrey cakes) are a type of small, roughly circular black sweet measuring approximately .75 in (19 mm)...
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Pontefract is a historic market town in West Yorkshire, England. Pontefract may also refer to: Ella Pontefract (1896–1945), English writer Richard de Pontefract...
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Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford was a constituency in West Yorkshire of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented by Yvette Cooper...
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69556°N 1.30389°W / 53.69556; -1.30389 Pontefract (or Pomfret) Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II...
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Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic...
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Pontefract station may refer to one of the following stations in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England: Pontefract Baghill railway station, the least busy...
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Mansfield-et-Pontefract is a municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality of western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Ottawa River, northwest...
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53°42′29″N 1°18′58″W / 53.708°N 1.316°W / 53.708; -1.316 Pontefract and Castleford was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament...
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has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, previously Pontefract and Castleford, since 1997. First elected to Parliament...
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Pontefract Barracks is a former military installation in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The barracks were built in the Fortress Gothic Revival Style...
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Dan Pontefract is a Canadian businessman and writer. Pontefract is from Stoney Creek, Ontario. He earned a Bachelor of Education (BEd) in 1994 and a degree...
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Osgoldcross Rural District (redirect from Pontefract Rural District)
It was created in 1938, from 19 remaining parishes of the disbanded Pontefract Rural District after three-quarters of its population (but only a small...
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When the Lights Went Out (redirect from The Black Monk of Pontefract)
known as "The Black Monk of Pontefract", said to have occurred in the home of Joe and Jean Pritchard at 30 East Drive, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. According...
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The honour of Pontefract, also known as the feudal barony of Pontefract, was an English feudal barony. Its origins lie in the grant of a large, compact...
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Ella Pontefract (1896 – 23 February 1945) was the writer of six books on the social history of the Yorkshire Dales related to disappearing rural traditions...
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Pontefract Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Pontefract, West Yorkshire operated by the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. The hospital...
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Wakefield staff 2010, History of Pontefract Castle. Wakefield staff 2012, Pontefract Castle. Limbird 1832, Pontefract Castle. Brand, John (1905), "Christmas...
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Pontefract Rugby Club is an English rugby union club based in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. The club runs three senior teams plus colts, juniors and girls...
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Pontefract Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The track is left-handed undulating course with...
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with the addition of Normanton from Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (to be renamed Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley). The constituency will...
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Pontefract Priory was a Cluniac monastery dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, founded about 1090 by Robert de Lacy, 2nd Baron of Pontefract, and located...
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Earl of Sussex (redirect from Baron Savile of Pontefract)
Baron Savile of Pontefract (1556–1630) (Alternative spelling Baron Savile of Pomfret) Thomas Savile, 2nd Baron Savile of Pontefract (1590 – c. 1659)...
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Pontefract Greyhound Stadium originally known as the Pontefract Willow Park Electric Hare Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium located on the north...
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School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It is one of the four oldest schools in Yorkshire...
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Construction News. 9 December 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2018. "Pinderfields & Pontefract Hospitals (the cost was £311 million in total across two hospitals)"....
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through marriage to the Duchy of Lancaster. They were also Barons of Pontefract and later (via two female lines) Earls of Lincoln. The southern branch...
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Pontefract Hermitage is a medieval hermitage situated below the old Southgate entrance to the General Infirmary in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England...
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Pontefract Collieries Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The team currently plays in the...
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