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    Pontefract is a historic market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically...
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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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    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 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 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    Wakefield staff 2010, History of Pontefract Castle. Wakefield staff 2012, Pontefract Castle. Limbird 1832, Pontefract Castle. Brand, John (1905), "Christmas...
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    Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford is a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Yvette Cooper of the...
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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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  • family tree of the de Lacys of Pontefract who were the holders of both Pontefract Castle and the Honour of Pontefract from 1067 to 1348. * The holders...
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    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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    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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  • 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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    Oakwell Hall Oulton Hall, Oulton Piece Hall, Halifax Pontefract Castle Pontefract Priory, Pontefract Queen's Park, Castleford Roundhay Park Leeds Saltaire...
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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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  • Pontefract South is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district, used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. The ward is one...
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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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    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 North is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district, used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. The ward is one...
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    the liquorice format still known as Pontefract cakes when he stamped discs of liquorice with the image of Pontefract Castle. The Dunhill company are credited...
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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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  • 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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