Articles of interest in Pontefract
Post Office Road, currently styled as the Bigfellas Stadium for sponsorship purposes (and previously The Chris Moyles Stadium named after the Radio 1 DJ and celebrity Chris Moyles and before that the Lionheart Stadium after sponsorship from UK Coal)…
Micklefield is a village and civil parish east of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It neighbours Garforth, Aberford and Brotherton and is close to the A1 Motorway. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. It has a population of 1,852.
Lotherton Hall is a country house near Aberford, West Yorkshire, England.
The Lofthouse Colliery disaster was a mining accident which took place in West Yorkshire, England on Wednesday 21 March 1973. Lofthouse Colliery was in Lofthouse Gate close to Outwood in the Stanley Urban District where many of the colliers lived. I…
Hazlewood Castle is a country residence, now a hotel, situated in North Yorkshire, England by the A1 and A64 between Aberford and Tadcaster.
Wentbridge is a small village in the City of Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. It lies around 3 miles (5 km) southeast of its nearest town of size, Pontefract, close to the A1 road.
Woodlands is a model village 3 miles (5 km) north of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The colliery village was designed and built in the early 20th century by the architect Percy Houfton as tied cottages for the miners of the neighbouring Brod…
Swarcliffe, originally the Swarcliffe Estate, is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is 4.9 miles (8 km) east of Leeds city centre, and within the LS14 Leeds postcode area.
Stanley is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north-east of Wakefield city centre. Stanley was an Urban District in the West Riding of Yorkshire before 1974, being made up th…
Oulton Hall in Oulton, West Yorkshire, England is a Grade II listed building, once the home of the Blayds/Calverley family. After a major fire in 1850 the Hall was remodelled, but its fortunes eventually went into decline until it was revived for us…
The Elsecar Heritage Railway is located on the southern part of the former South Yorkshire Railway freight-only branch which ran from Elsecar Junction on its Mexborough to Barnsley line.
Cock Beck is a stream in the outlying areas of East Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which runs from its source due to a runoff north-west of Whinmoor, skirting east of Swarcliffe and Manston (where a public house has been named 'The Cock Beck'), pas…
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic F.C. is an English football club based in Worsbrough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
Woodlesford is a village in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Leeds city centre. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. Woodlesford was formerly part of the Rothwell Urban District. The villa…
HM Prison Wealstun is a Category C men's prison, located near the village of Thorp Arch in West Yorkshire, England.
Pontefract Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.
Outwood is a district to the north of Wakefield, a city in West Yorkshire, England. The district is centred on the A61 Leeds Road south of Lofthouse. It was originally a small pit village, but there has been so much new housing in the last twenty ye…
The Oaks explosion occurred at the Oaks Colliery, near Stairfoot, Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire on 12 December 1866 killing more than 380 miners and rescuers. The disaster happened after a series of explosions caused by flammable gases ripped t…
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