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Pontefract Castle
Castle Chain
Pontefract WF8 1QH
Tel: 01977 723440

For opening times and admission prices please contact Pontefract Castle directly.

Websites

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History of the Monarchy
www.royal.gov.uk
Potted history of the Lancastrians, the owners of Pontefract Castle during the early 15th century.

English Civil Wars
easyweb.easynet.co.uk
Offers a summary of the political events, the people involved, the battles and the technology of 17th-century warfare.

Oliver Cromwell's Internet Portal
www.cromwell.argonet.co.uk
Set up by the Cromwell Association, this website looks at Oliver Cromwell's life as a soldier, politician and private individual.

Books

Pontefract Castle by Ian Roberts (West Yorkshire Archaeology Service, 1990) £6.95
Comprehensive introduction to the castle and its history, with special emphasis given to the archaeological investigations of the 1980s.

Destruction in the English Civil Wars by Stephen Porter (Alan Sutton, 1994) £17.99
Authoritative, illustrated account of the huge amount of destruction, much of it deliberate, which took place during the 1640s.

The Civil Wars of England by John Kenyon (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988) £16.95
Engaging synthesis of the military and political history of the English Civil War, with background to the demolition of Pontefract Castle.

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