Pontefract (disambiguation) explained

Pontefract is a historic market town in West Yorkshire, England.

Pontefract may also refer to:

People

• Ella Pontefract (1896–1945), English writer
• Richard de Pontefract (fl. 1320), English Dominican friar
• Pontefract de Lacys' family tree
• Dan Pontefract, Canadian businessperson and writer

Other

• Honour of Pontefract, a medieval English feudal barony which has existed since 1068 in present-day West Yorkshire
• Pontefract cake, a type of small, roughly circular black sweet
• Pontefract Castle, a castle ruin in Pontefract, England
• Mansfield-et-Pontefract, a municipality in Quebec
• Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)