The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832 Pontrefact, a place...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832

$9.99

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832

$9.99
Author: Various
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832

Pontrefact, a place of considerable note in English history, is situated about two miles south-west from Ferrybridge, nine miles nearly east from Wakefield, and fifteen miles north-west from Doncaster, in Yorkshire. The origin of the town is unknown; and the etymology of its name has been a matter of dispute, in which figures a monkish legend ascribing the name of Ponsfractus, or Pontefract, to the breaking of a bridge, and the fall of many persons into the river Aire, who were miraculously saved by St. William, Archbishop of York. The river Ouse and the city of York, however, put in a stronger claim as the scene of this miracle, and unfortunately for Pontefract, the town is so named in charters of fifty-three years' date before the miracle is pretended to have been performed. Still the etymology is referable to the breaking down of "some bridge," (pons, bridge; fractus, broken,) but this unravelment is not antiquarian. Camden says, that in the Saxon times, the name of this town was Kirkby, which was changed by the Normans to Pontefract, because of a broken bridge that was there. But as there is no river within two miles of the place, this bridge appears to have been built over the Wash, which lies about a quarter of a mile to the east of the Castle. Other researches prove Pontefract to have been a secondary and subordinate Roman station. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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