Richard also had two acknowledged illegitimate children: John of Gloucester, also known as " John of Pontefract ", and a daughter Katherine who married William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke in 1484.

Forces loyal to Henry controlled the city of York, and nearby Pontefract Castle was also in hostile hands.

There are also rail services to London from Pontefract Monkhill

Pontefract Castle is also thought to be haunted.

He was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baron, who also sat for Pontefract as well as for Yorkshire.

Pontefract cakes ( also known as Pomfret cakes and Pomfrey cakes ) are a type of small, roughly circular black sweets measuring approximately 2 cm in diameter and 4 mm thick, made of liquorice, originally manufactured in the Yorkshire town of Pontefract, England.

The A639, the Roman road to York also runs close to modern day Ackworth with a Roman milestone having been found near the junction of the road and Sandy Gate Lane on the parish boundary between Ackworth and Pontefract.

De lacy himself was a Norman knight who had received the land as a reward for his services to William the Conqueror and who had also built the first earth and timber ' motte and bailey ' style castle in nearby Pontefract.

Situated at the junction of Sandy Gate Lane on the road into Pontefract, the stone is also a grade 2 listed monument.

The line from here to Castleford is also served by Pontefract Line services.

Parts of the line over which the Wakefield Line trains run are also used by the Huddersfield and Pontefract Lines.

The village also boasts 5-time Pontefract League Division One Champions, 1-time National Village Semi-finalists and 1-time Dyson-Skidmore trophy winners, the Streethouse Cricket Club.

It is on the Hallam, Pontefract, Huddersfield lines and also has intercity services to London

The station currently sees 3 trains southbound to London Kings Cross via Doncaster with some services also calling at Pontefract Monkhill.

During evenings, there are also trains as part of the Pontefract Line towards Knottingley which go via Wakefield Kirkgate.

She also spent part of her 10th grade year at Ackworth School near Pontefract, England.

He was also Member of Parliament for Pontefract.

The Metro timetable for the Line also includes services operated as the Dearne Valley Line between York and Sheffield via Pontefract.

* Arriva Yorkshire in Dewsbury, Wakefield, Castleford, Pontefract, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield with services also running to Barnsley, Doncaster, Selby.

He also took part in the siege of Pontefract Castle, which held out against Parliament until March 1649.

In Elizabethan times the castle, and Pontefract itself, was referred to as " Pomfret ".

This theme is continued in the name of bars in the xscape complex, Glasshoughton between Pontefract and Castleford, referred to locally as ' Cas Vegas '.

The Domesday Survey of 1086 recorded " Ilbert's Castle " which probably referred to Pontefract Castle.

For the black monk poltergeist haunting, see The Black Monk of Pontefract.

* The Black Monk of Pontefract

While the Sheriff of Nottingham and the town itself appear in early ballads, and Sherwood is specifically mentioned in the early ballad Robin Hood and the Monk, certain of the original ballads ( even those with Nottingham references ) locate Robin on occasion in Barnsdale ( the area between Pontefract and Doncaster ), approximately fifty miles north of Nottingham, in the county of Yorkshire ; furthermore, it has been suggested that the ballads placed in this area are far more geographically specific and accurate.

Thomas was Constable of Pontefract Castle, where King Richard II is said to have died.

It is near Pontefract, and has a population of 37, 525 according to the 2001 Census, but has seen a rise in recent years and is now around 45, 000-50, 000.

It is reputed that his cannon faced towards Pontefract Castle from the Redhill.

The local MP is Yvette Cooper for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford.

West Bretton Cricket Club is located on Park Lane and has two teams in the Pontefract & District Cricket League, in Divisions 2 and 5.

It is at the junction of major north-south routes to Sheffield, Leeds and Doncaster and west-east routes to Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Pontefract.

Pontefract is an historic market town in West Yorkshire, England, traditionally in the West Riding, near the A1 ( or Great North Road ) and the M62 motorway.

There is a theory that the bridge alluded to was one which crossed Wash Dike, a small stream on the north-eastern edge of Pontefract, running alongside what is now Bondgate ( the modern-day A645 ).

The church is likely to be at Tanshelf, recorded as Tateshale / Tateshalla / Tateshalle / Tatessella in the 1086 Domesday Book, but Pontefract is not mentioned.

For this purpose it is divided into two electoral wards: Pontefract North and Pontefract South.

Pontefract South is currently represented by two Labour councillors and one Conservative, with North ward represented by 3 Labour councillors of May 2012.

South ward is a marginal ward, containing relatively affluent suburbs of Pontefract and outlying villages such as Darrington, combined with less wealthy areas such as Chequerfield.

Pontefract is represented by Member of Parliament ( MP ), Yvette Cooper, a member of the Labour Party for the Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford constituency.

Lofthouse was made a peer on 11 June 1997: he is now known as Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract.

The town has a liquorice-sweet industry ; and the famous Pontefract Cakes are produced, though the liquorice plant itself is no longer grown there.

Pontefract is locally renowned for its numerous pubs.

Pontefract General Infirmary is a large general hospital, beneath which is an old hermitage, open to the public on certain days.