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Title: The history of the ancient borough of Pontefract, containing an interesting account of its castle, and the three different sieges it sustained, during the civil war, with notes and pedigrees, of some of the most distinguished royalists and parliamentarians
Year: 1807 (1800s)
Authors: Boothroyd, Benjamin, 1768-1836
Subjects: Pontefract castle. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Pontefract, Printed by and for the author (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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town and country are* of a very differentopinion to this celebrated antiquary. Theyenjoy essential benefit from the latter, while theformer, if it had been suffered to remain, wouldbe wholly useless. The plate will furnish the reader with anidea of this structure; and the only circum-stance which merits notice, is some account ofthe man by whose munificence it was erected.The following is the inscription. Erected byMrs. Elizabeth Dupier, relict of Solomon Du-pier, gentleman, in a cheerful and generouscompliance with his benevolent intention, 1734. Solomon Dupier is said to have been oneof the garrison of Gibraltar,- at the time it wastaken by Sir G. Rooke. It is probable thatthere had been some good understanding betweenthe admiral and this gentleman, previous to theattack made on that place; and the success ofthe attack might in part be owing to the ser-vices which he rendered. Whatever truth theremay be in this conjecture, he came over to-England, and together with a, Capt. Lay, who
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THE TOW^-JEEAUL .Tjftriiw,Litii I< L«eds HISTORY- OT PONTEFRACT, 443 had been with Rooke, came and resided here.Tradition makes him a pensioner; and consider-ing all things, it is not improbable. On the first erection of the cross, the roofwas flat, and surrounded with a balustrade; butthe roof decaying it was new roofed in the stylein -which it is now seen. ; Towns Hall, This .is. an elegant modern structure. Onentering the market place from the west, thisbuilding catches the.eye and arrests the attention.The lower part is in the antique style, andgives to it the appearance of great strength.In this part are two rooms for prisoners. ThepilJasters which grace the front are of theDoric order, and the cornice of the Ionic. It was erected on the site of the oldMote-Hall, partly at the expence of the corpo-ration, and partly of the. county. The quartersessions for the wapentake of Osgoldcross areheld here. The business done at this sessionsexceeds that of any other within the Riding.H

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