Pontefract

American

[pon-tuh-frakt, puhm-frit, pom-] / ˈpɒn təˌfrækt, ˈpʌm frɪt, ˈpɒm- /

noun

a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.

Pontefract British

/ ˈpɒntɪˌfrækt /

noun

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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The jury could not agree on a charge against both men of foreign interference by forcing entry into the Pontefract, West Yorkshire home of an alleged fraud suspect originally from Hong Kong.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

WhatsApp messages suggest Davies carried out surveillance on Kwong's flat in Pontefract on 24 April 2024.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

Simon Bennett, a 65-year-old semi-retired writer from Pontefract, shrugs off a suspected case of trench foot as if he had stubbed his toe.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024

Seventeen people are in hospital after a minibus carrying football supporters crashed on the A1M near Pontefract.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2024

He graduated B.D. in 1533, accompanied Bishop Barlow on his embassy to Scotland in 1535, and was made prior of St Oswald’s at Nostell near Pontefract.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

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