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=== Parish History === | === Parish History === | ||
PONTEFRACT (St. Giles), a '''borough''', '''market town''', and '''parish''', in the Upper division of the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York.The old '''parochial church''', dedicated to '''All Saints''', now a district church, was nearly demolished in the parliamentary war. <ref>Samuel A. | PONTEFRACT (St. Giles), a '''borough''', '''market town''', and '''parish''', in the Upper division of the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York.The old '''parochial church''', dedicated to '''All Saints''', now a district church, was nearly demolished in the parliamentary war. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A.,[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51218#s14 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 586-593. Date accessed: 23 October 2013.</ref><br> Pontefract All Saints is an '''Ecclesiastical Parish '''in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1838 from Pontefract Ancient Parish. | ||
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