Pontefract
Americannoun
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a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.
noun
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an industrial town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire: castle (1069), in which Richard II was imprisoned and murdered (1400). Pop: 28 250 (2001)
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At the end of April 2024, Wai and Trickett, who both owned private security companies, were in Pontefract in West Yorkshire where a woman called Monica Kwong lived with her school-age son.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Duncan Atkinson KC said the alleged operation "involved persons connected with the Hong Kong authorities acting as if Pontefract were a town in China rather than Yorkshire".
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
Wai sent Yuen the video and her address in Pontefract.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
If the closure goes ahead, only Wakefield, Pontefract and Castleford would be left with in-person banking services, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023
He then called up artillery from Hull, exchanged his local levies for the regulars who were besieging Pontefract, and set off to meet Lambert.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
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