Osgoldcross (wapentake)
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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]
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- ^ David Hey, Medieval South Yorkshire