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Written by admin
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Saturday, 05 April 2008 |
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Thanks primarily to the support given to us by our contributors, our Knottingley website is now undoubtedly one of the most comprehensive and extensive sources of information available for any town of comparable size in the country. With thousands of pages of information and images depicting the towns origins and developments this is a notable achievement for any community supported project, but things have just got even better. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 April 2008 )
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Written by admin
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
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I said that it wouldn't be long and here it is - an online quiz for our Pontefract based visitors. It's just a small introduction, containing only 25 questions at present but as with our Knottingley quiz, it will be expanded over the coming weeks using all the information present on the Pontefract website and the material published in previous issues of the Pontefract Digest magazine. It should, however, keep you busy for a while. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 January 2008 )
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Saturday, 12 January 2008 |
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We have now introduced an Online Quiz to the Knottingley website for you to test your knowledge of our local history. Our database of questions is still being compiled but there are sufficient questions available already for you to participate. I'm sure that many of them will have you pondering and searching for the correct answer! |
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Written by Marilyn Myers
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 |
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I am searching for information on the family of Winterburn in Pontefract. Richard Winterburn (Abt 1771 to 1848) was a currier at various times in Horsefair and Castle Chain. I think he married Sarah Lapidge (1779 to 1853) in 1798. They had a number of children, including Matilda, my great great grandmother, but I can’t find any information on her birth. She married James Myers, a joiner, in 1839. I have no further information on James other than he was out of the picture by 1848 when Matilda died in Pontefract workhouse, age 33, leaving two sons, Thomas (age 7) and James (age 2). James’ father was a parchment maker and could have had trade connections with Richard Winterburn. I can’t find any information on him either. Can anyone help? |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 January 2008 )
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Written by Barbara Callear
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Thursday, 03 January 2008 |
Some years ago I handed a postcard in to Pontefract Museum showing pupils of Willow Park School, Pontefract, taken in the Rookeries. I had forgotten all about this until your article about Willow Park in issue number four of the Digest Magazine. The Museum, kindly found it again for me. I wrote my memories down then found that your article contained a lot of the same material. I think Mrs Arundel has a sharper memory than me.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 January 2008 )
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