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{{short description|Castle in West Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Use British English|date=March 2022}} [[File:Pontefract Castle.jpg|thumb|300px|Painting in [[Pontefract Museum]] of Pontefract Castle in the early 17th century, by [[Alexander Keirincx]]]] {{coord|53|41|44|N|1|18|14|W|display=title|region:GB_type:landmark}} '''Pontefract''' (or '''Pomfret''') '''Castle''' is a [[castle]] ruin in the town of [[Pontefract]], in [[West Yorkshire]], England. King [[Richard II of England|Richard II]] is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of famous sieges during the 17th-century [[English Civil War]].
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