Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PONTEFRACT-PARK

PONTEFRACT-PARK, an extra-parochial tract in Pontefract district, W. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile W of Pontefract. It was formerly attached to P. castle; and it contains P. race-course. Acres, 1, 300. Real property, £1, 424. Pop., 74. Houses, 12.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an extra-parochial tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Pontefract RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Pontefract

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