pontefract castle Archives - Pontefract & Sandal Castles https://pontefractsandalcastles.org.uk/tag/pontefract-castle/ Researching and explaining people and events in the history of two castles Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:14:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://pontefractsandalcastles.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tower_logo-1-75x75.png pontefract castle Archives - Pontefract & Sandal Castles https://pontefractsandalcastles.org.uk/tag/pontefract-castle/ 32 32 Pontefract final siege map https://pontefractsandalcastles.org.uk/pontefract-final-siege-map/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:31:12 +0000 https://pontefractsandalcastles.org.uk/?p=3298 We have recently been contacted by Ben Hardiment, a descendant of Charles Fairfax, uncle of renowned Parliamentarian commander-in-chief during the English Civil War, Sir Thomas Fairfax. Ben has kindly contributed a map of Pontefract Castle’s final  siege, dated 1648, which he inherited.

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