meanings of pontefract encyclopedia of pontefract dictionary of pontefract thesaurus on pontefract books about pontefract dreams about pontefract
 pontefract - Definition 

Pontefract (2851 bytes)
1: ...Image:Pontefract_Castle.JPG|thumbnail|250px|right|Pontefract Castle in its heyday]]
2: '''Pontefract''' (its name comes from the [[Latin]] for "Broken...
4: [[Pontefract Castle]] dates from [[Norman]] times, when it was...
6: ...iquorice]] sweet industry, including the famous [[Pontefract cake]]s (liquorice sweets), but the plant is no l...
8: Pontefract does not appear in the [[Domesday Book]], but an ...

Pontefract cake (145 bytes)
1: ...], originally made in the [[Yorkshire]] town of [[Pontefract]].

Pontefract Castle (2017 bytes)
1: ...le''' in [[West Yorkshire]] near to the town of [[Pontefract]], was constructed in approximately 1070 by a kn...
3: ...nd]] (1367 - 1400) was also reputedly murdered in Pontefract Castle, possibly in the [[Gascoigne Tower]].
9: [[simple:Pontefract Castle]]

Pontefract line (1196 bytes)
1: ...tefract line is a railway connecting [[Leeds]], [[Pontefract]], [[Wakefield]] and [[Goole]] in the North of [[...
21: ** [[Pontefract Tanshelf]]
22: * [[Pontefract Monkhill]]
37: ...tro.com/TrainTravel/MetroTrainTimetablesAndRoutes/PontefractLine.htm West Yorkshire Metro]

Ackworth, West Yorkshire (416 bytes)
1: ...rgest villages in [[England]], situated between [[Pontefract]], [[Barnsley]] and [[Doncaster]] on the small [[...
3: ...d Low Ackworth (At the bottom of the hill towards Pontefract).

Hallam line (1533 bytes)
11: * [[Woodlesford]] (Also on the [[Pontefract line]])
15: * [[Castleford]] (Also on the [[Pontefract line]])
17: ...kefield Kirkgate]] (Also on the [[Pontefract line|Pontefract]] and [[Huddersfield Line|Huddersfield]] lines)

Huddersfield Line (1578 bytes)
20: ...station|Kirkgate]] (Also on the [[Pontefract line|Pontefract]] and [[Hallam line|Hallam]] Lines)
21: ...station|Westgate]] (Also on the [[Pontefract line|Pontefract]] and [[Wakefield line|Wakefield]] Lines

Osgoldcross Rural District (1012 bytes)
1: ...apentake]] of Osgoldcross and administered from [[Pontefract]].

Wakefield Kirkgate Railway Station (1241 bytes)
3: ... on the [[Hallam line|Hallam]], [[Pontefract line|Pontefract]] and [[Huddersfield Line|Huddersfield]] lines. A...

South Kirkby (144 bytes)
1: '''South Kirkby''' is a small village near [[Pontefract]] in [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]].

Wakefield line (1215 bytes)
15: ...rsfield Line|Huddersfield]] and [[Pontefract line|Pontefract]] lines)

Joseph Harper (240 bytes)
4: ...seph Harper (politician)]], formely Labour MP for Pontefract and Castleford

Ledston (396 bytes)
5: ...nally a grange and chapel built by the monks of [[Pontefract Priory]].

Streethouse (585 bytes)
1: ...d]], the south of [[Normanton]] and the west of [[Pontefract]] in [[West Yorkshire]]. Formerly a mining villa...

Featherstone (552 bytes)
4: ...Yorkshire]], [[England]]. It lies southwest of [[Pontefract]] and is home to [[Featherstone Rovers RLFC]].

Yvette Cooper (850 bytes)
1: ...Kingdom]]. She is [[member of Parliament]] for [[Pontefract]] and [[Castleford]], and was first returned in [...

Richard Grey (843 bytes)
1: ...tor. Richard Grey was subsequently executed at [[Pontefract Castle]].

Dearne Valley line (936 bytes)
7: * [[Pontefract Baghill]]

Castleford (3379 bytes)
2: ...y]] of [[West Yorkshire]], [[England]], near to [[Pontefract]], with a population of approximately 40,000. To ...
14: ...ord area, and the [[Prince of Wales]] colliery in Pontefract took many workers from the surrounding area.

Charles Alfred Stothard (1290 bytes)
3: ...eath of [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] in [[Pontefract|Pomfret]] Castle''. He published in 1811 the firs...

 << Prev 20 Result Pages:   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  Next 20 >>
Copyright 2008 WordIQ.com - Privacy Policy  ::  Terms of Use  :: Contact Us  :: About Us
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "pontefract".