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$Pontefract Etymology$

Pontefract Etymology

Pontefract Etymology - English [ edit] english wikipedia has an article on:historically part of the west riding of yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the city of wakefield district and had a population of 30,881 at the 2011 census. Pontefract's motto is post mortem patris pro filio, latin.the name of pontefract arose on the foundation of the priory of cluniac monks and the establishment of the vill as the seat and castle of ilbert de lacy, a great norman landowner in the district, whose estates. All the townships of this parish except east hardwick, which remains a separate civil parish, now form the municipal borough of pontefract.knottingley with much of the township of ferry fryston 65supra.