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King's School, Pontefract
The King's School is a coeducational comprehensive secondary school with academy status, located in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It is one of the four oldest schools in Yorkshire, dating from 1139 and was refounded by King Edward VI in 1548.
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Pontefract Barracks
Pontefract Barracks is a former military installation in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.
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Pontefract Friary
St Richard's Friary, also known as Pontefract Friary, was a Dominican friary in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was located near today's Pontefract General Infirmary, on the eastern edge of Friarwood Valley Gardens.
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Pontefract Library
Pontefract Library is a public library in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The present day building is notable as one of the last examples of architecture by John Poulson
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Pontefract
Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 30,881 at the 2011 Census.
Pontefract's motto is Post mortem patris pro filio, Latin for "After the death of the father, support the son", a reference to the town's Royalist sympathies in the English Civil War. Small villages and settlements in the immediate area include Stapleton.