Pontefract

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Pontefract [1]

An ancient market-town of Yorkshire, 13 m. SE. of Leeds; has a castle in which Richard II. died, and which suffered four sieges in the Civil War, a market hall, grammar school, and large market-gardens, where liquorice for the manufacture of Pomfret cakes is grown.

References

  1. ↑ Pontefract from The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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