出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/22 11:41 UTC 版)
Pontefract is a market town in West Yorkshire, England, traditionally in West Riding, near the A1 (or Great North Road), the M62 motorway, and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250. Pontefract's motto is Post mortem patris pro filio, Latin for "After the death of the father, support the son", a reference to English Civil War Royalist sympathies.