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Pontefract

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 south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 30,881 at the 2011 Census.

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Ambulance
Yorkshire
Country
England
Dialling code
01977
Fire
West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough
City of Wakefield
Metropolitan county
West Yorkshire

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Pontefract

Nodes235
Edges234
Triples297
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008511
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related to Notable people · 88
Pontefract → Ackworth School, Albert Dock, Apes, Appleton, Bayeux, BillericayMick Jackson, Black Mirror, Blame It, Boogie, Brexit Party, British, Castle, Casualty, Cold Feet, Cole, Concerns, Conservative MP, Coronation StreetJane Collins, CuckooPaul Newlove, Davis
related to history · 36
Pontefract → Anglo-Scandinavian, April, Bailygate, Danish, Domesday Book, England, English Civil War, Eric Bloodaxe, Eric Bloodaxe King, In, In Elizabethan, In March, In Yorkshire, King Eadred, Kirkby, Normans, Northumbria, Northumbria's, Oliver Cromwell, Parliament
related to Sources · 29
Pontefract → Ayto, Brewer's Britain, British Place-Names, Chronicles, Crofton, David, Fletcher, Hey, Holmes, Ian, Ireland, ISBN, John, Leeds, Lorenzo, Medieval South Yorkshire, Memorials, Mills, Nicolson, Old Hall Press
related to Governance · 26
Pontefract → Castleford, City, Commons, Conservative, December, Deputy Speaker, During, For, From, Geoff Lofthouse, He, House, It, June, Labour, Member, MP, North, November, NUM
related to Medieval · 22
Pontefract → After, Alice, At, Conqueror, Exton, February, Honour, Ilbert, King Richard II, Lacy, Lacys, Little, Norman, Peter, Pontefract Castle, Shakespeare, Sir Piers, Tanshelf, Tateshale, The
related to Etymology · 18
Pontefract → Anglo-Scandinavian, At, Conqueror, Domesday, Domesday Book, Historians, Kirkby, Latin, On, Orderic Vitalis, Pontefracto, River Aire, Such, Tanshelf, The, William, York, Yorkshire
related to Economy · 17
Pontefract → Fridays, Haribo, In, It, Liquorice, Middle Ages, Poet, Robert Copley, Saturday, Sir John Betjeman, Sundays, Tangerine, The, The Licorice Fields, UK, Valeo Confectionery, Wednesday
related to Amenities and services · 13
Pontefract → Beneath, Carleton, Carleton High School, Carnegie, Harold Shipman, King's School, Mill Hill Lane, New College, Park Lane, Pontefract General Infirmary, Pontefract Museum, Southgate, The
related to Transport · 13
Pontefract → A1, Arriva Yorkshire, Barnsley, Bus, Castleford, Darrington, Knottingley, Leeds, M62, Routes, Selby, Stagecoach Yorkshire, Wakefield
related to Sport · 12
Pontefract → Carleton, Europe, Featherstone Rovers, In, It, March, Moor Lane, October, Pontefract Knights, Pontefract Racecourse, Rugby, Yorkshire Cup

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town yorkshire castle leeds wakefield england castleford local west north anglo-scandinavian two tanshelf old known former station modern south lane

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PontefractAmbulanceYorkshire1.00infobox
PontefractCountryEngland1.00infobox
PontefractDialling code019771.00infobox
PontefractFireWest Yorkshire1.00infobox
PontefractMetropolitan boroughCity of Wakefield1.00infobox
PontefractMetropolitan countyWest Yorkshire1.00infobox
PontefractOS grid referenceSE4552151.00infobox
PontefractPoliceWest Yorkshire1.00infobox
PontefractPopulation30,881 (North+South Wards 2011)1.00infobox
PontefractPost townPONTEFRACT1.00infobox
PontefractPostcode districtWF81.00infobox
PontefractRegionYorkshire and the Humber1.00infobox
PontefractSovereign stateUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
PontefractUK ParliamentPontefract, Castleford and Knottingley1.00infobox
Pontefract• London257 mi (414 km)1.00infobox
Pontefractis ahistoric market town in the City of Wakefield0.90text

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