- Osgoldcross (wapentake)
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Coordinates: 53°44′38″N 1°18′36″W / 53.744°N 1.310°W
Osgoldcross was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It included the parishes of Adlingfleet, Badsworth, Burghwallis, Campsall, Castleford, Darrington, Kellington, South Kirkby, Owston, Pontefract, Whitgift, Womersley, Ferry Fryston [1] and parts of Featherstone, Snaith and Wragby.
The original meeting place of the wapentake was the area which later became Pontefract Market Place.[1]
References
- ^ David Hey, Medieval South Yorkshire
Categories:- Ancient subdivisions of Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire geography stubs
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