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PONTEFRACT (St.Giles), '''a borough, market town, and parish''', in the Upper division of the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York; comprising the townships of Carleton, East Hardwick, Monkhill, Pontefract, and Tanshelf, and the chapelry of Knottingley; and containing 9851 inhabitants, of whom 4669 are in the borough, 23 miles (S.S. W.) from York, and 177½ (N. N. W.) from London. '''There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, Independents, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans, and a Roman Catholic chapel.'''<ref> Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51218 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 586-593. </ref> | PONTEFRACT (St.Giles), '''a borough, market town, and parish''', in the Upper division of the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York; comprising the townships of Carleton, East Hardwick, Monkhill, Pontefract, and Tanshelf, and the '''chapelry of Knottingley'''; and containing 9851 inhabitants, of whom 4669 are in the borough, 23 miles (S.S. W.) from York, and 177½ (N. N. W.) from London. '''There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, Independents, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans, and a Roman Catholic chapel.'''<ref> Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51218 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 586-593. Date accessed: 23 October 2013.</ref> | ||
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| bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="18" | <center>1544-1812 [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2256 Ancestry] baptisms, marriages, and burials<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2256 West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1512-1812] at [http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Ancestry] (£). Described as Pontefract, St Giles and St Mary. Partially indexed.</ref></center> | | bgcolor="#cc99ff" align="center" colspan="18" | <center>1544-1812 [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2256 Ancestry] baptisms, marriages, and burials<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2256 West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1512-1812] at [http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Ancestry] (£). Described as Pontefract, St Giles and St Mary. Partially indexed.</ref></center> | ||
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==== Genealogy ==== | ==== Genealogy ==== | ||
Neyt, E. James Kersley, M.S.M. The Temperant Colour Sergeant. Picture of the Kersley family, Pontefract. 1898 with names, and a history of the family. The hampshire Family Historian, vol. XII,no.2, August 1985, pages 97-99. Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h v.12 | Neyt, E. James Kersley, M.S.M. The Temperant Colour Sergeant. Picture of the Kersley family, Pontefract. 1898 with names, and a history of the family. The hampshire Family Historian, vol. XII,no.2, August 1985, pages 97-99. Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h v.12 | ||
==== Probate records ==== | ==== Probate records ==== | ||