Pontefract, West Yorkshire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pontefract,_West_Yorkshire

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Town
gptkbp:country	gptkb:England
gptkbp:dialCode	01977
gptkbp:district	gptkb:City_of_Wakefield
gptkbp:famousFor	gptkb:Pontefract_Castle gptkb:Pontefract_cakes liquorice production
gptkbp:hasFootballClub	gptkb:Pontefract_Collieries_F.C.
gptkbp:hasHospital	gptkb:Pontefract_Hospital
gptkbp:hasLeisureCentre	Pontefract Swimming Pool
gptkbp:hasMuseum	gptkb:Pontefract_Museum
gptkbp:hasPrimarySchool	gptkb:De_Lacy_Primary_School gptkb:Larks_Hill_Junior_and_Infant_School
gptkbp:hasRacecourse	gptkb:Pontefract_Racecourse
gptkbp:hasRailwayStation	gptkb:Pontefract_Baghill gptkb:Pontefract_Monkhill gptkb:Pontefract_Tanshelf
gptkbp:hasRugbyClub	gptkb:Pontefract_RUFC
gptkbp:hasSecondarySchool	gptkb:Carleton_High_School gptkb:The_King's_School
gptkbp:historicalCounty	gptkb:West_Riding_of_Yorkshire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Pontefract, West Yorkshire
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:West_Yorkshire
gptkbp:marketCharterGranted	1194
gptkbp:notableEvent	sieges during the English Civil War site of the death of King Richard II
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Kevin_Sinfield gptkb:Sir_William_Gascoigne gptkb:Sir_John_Norwood gptkb:Sir_Richard_de_Pontefract gptkb:Sir_William_Savile gptkb:Sir_William_Yorke gptkb:John_Godber gptkb:Geoffrey_Boycott gptkb:Richard_Monckton_Milnes gptkb:James_Milner gptkb:Sir_Robert_Knolles gptkb:John_Atkinson gptkb:Sir_William_Wentworth gptkb:Sir_William_de_la_Pole gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Gascoigne Sir Thomas Rokeby Sir William de Notton Sir William de la Haye Sir William de la Mare Sir William de la More Sir William de la Roche Sir William de la Vache Sir William de la Warre Sir William de la Wode Sir William de la Zouche
gptkbp:parliamentaryConstituency	gptkb:Normanton,_Pontefract_and_Castleford
gptkbp:population	approximately 30,881 (2011 Census)
gptkbp:postcodeDistrict	WF8
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Yorkshire_and_the_Humber
gptkbp:twinTown	gptkb:Laval,_France Fleckeby, Germany
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Baron_Lofthouse_of_Pontefract gptkb:James_Willstrop gptkb:51st_(2nd_Yorkshire,_West_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7