Pontefract: A Review of the Evidence for the Medieval Town. (1st August 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Roberts, Ian; Whittick, Christopher
• Is Part Of: Yorkshire archaeological journal. Volume 85(2013)
• Page Start: 68
• Page End: 96
• Publication Date: 2013-08-01
• Subjects: Anglo-Saxon -- minster -- medieval -- town -- development; Yorkshire (England) -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Yorkshire (England) -- History -- Periodicals; 942.8
• DOI: 10.1179/0084427613Z.00000000023
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0084-4276

Abstract

Abstract : The excavations carried out in the eastern part of Pontefract over the last quarter of a century have provided significant new information about the pre-Conquest settlement; the evidence providing a compelling case for Pontefract having been not only the site of the documented royal vill, but also that of an Anglo-Saxon minster. By comparison there is relatively little archaeological evidence for the twelfth-century borough and the later medieval town to the south-west of the castle, our understanding of which is still heavily reliant on documentary evidence.