Chequerfield

Area of Pontefract in West Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Chequerfield

Chequerfield Circle

Chequerfield

Location within West Yorkshire

OS grid reference| SE455215
• London| 257 mi (414 km)
Metropolitan borough|

* City of Wakefield

Metropolitan county|

* West Yorkshire

Region|

* Yorkshire and the Humber

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| PONTEFRACT
Postcode district| WF8
Dialling code| 01977
Police| West Yorkshire
Fire| West Yorkshire
Ambulance| Yorkshire
UK Parliament|

* Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford

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Yorkshire

53°41′28″N 1°18′43″W﻿ / ﻿53.691°N 1.312°W﻿ / 53.691; -1.312

Chequerfield is a district made up mostly of council housing of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

## Amenities

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Chequerfield Hotel

The estate has a parade of shops situated around Chequerfield Circle; which includes a convenience store, fish and chip shop and several takeaways. There is one pub; the Chequerfield Hotel also situated on the Circle. Pontefract Sports and Social Club, formerly known as the Labour Club is situated on the edge of the estate. There where two churches on the estate; St Mary's Church of England church and Holy Family Roman Catholic Church (completed 1961),[1] however St Mary's Church has been demolished and a new building called St Mary's Community Centre now occupies its place. A care facility occupies the centre of the Circle. The is also a green area known locally as the 'Ozzy', the former site of an infectious diseases hospital. There are two schools; Pontefract De Lacy Primary School which was built on land adjacent to the old Willow Park Primary School and Hopewell School which was formerly Chequerfield Infants. There was formerly a second pub called the Grove Lea but this is now a Tesco Express. One property of note is 30 East Drive, which is reportedly haunted by the Black Monk of Pontefract and was the feature in the film When the lights went out.

* St Mary's Church

* Holy Family Church

## Public transport

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The Arriva Yorkshire routes 410 and 411 connect the estate with Pontefract bus station, Xscape and Leeds. The closest railway station is Pontefract Baghill with services to Sheffield and York. The main railway stations in the town have services to Wakefield, Castleford and Leeds but these are situated further away.

## People

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* Author Patricia Duffy grew up on the estate and wrote the book Chequerfield about her upbringing on the estate.[2]

## Notes

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1. ^ "Pontefract – Holy Family". TAKING STOCK CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF ENGLAND & WALES. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
2. ^ "Book tells the story of life on estate". Pontefract and Castleford Express. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

## External links

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Pontefract

West Yorkshire

Areas|

* Chequerfield

Buildings|

* Pontefract Barracks
* Pontefract Castle
* Wentbridge House Hotel
* Pontefract Library
* Pontefract Town Hall
* Old Town Hall, Pontefract
* All Saints' Church, Pontefract
* St Giles' Church, Pontefract
* Micklegate Methodist Church
* Pontefract Market Hall
* Horsefair flats

By-elections|

* 1919
* 1812
* 1872
* 1941
* 1868
* 1978

Curiosities|

* Pontefract cakes
* The Black Monk of Pontefract
* Peter of Wakefield
* Connection to Robin Hood

The de Lacys|

* Alice
* Edmund
* Henry
* Ilbert, Robert
* John
* Maud
* Roger
* Pontefract de Lacys' family tree

Education|

* Ackworth School
* Carleton Community High School
* King's School
* NEW College
* Pontefract and District Girls High School
* St. Wilfrids

History|

* Albarrana towers
* Ballot Act 1872
* First ballot box
* Battle of Wakefield
* Thomas Darcy
* Dungeons at the castle
* Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster
* John Morris (soldier)
* John of Pontefract
* Nostell Priory
* Osgoldcross Wapentake
* Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)
* Pontefract Castle
* Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)
* Pontefract Friary
* Pontefract Hermitage
* Pontefract Priory
* Pontefract War Memorial
* Richard II
* Second English Civil War
* Robert Waterton

Industry|

* Philidas
* Haribo

Parks|

* Pontefract Park
* Valley Gardens

Political divisions|

* Osgoldcross Rural District
* Pontefract South

Politicians|

* Henry Arthington
* Percy Barstow
* Richard Beaumont
* Richard Benyon De Beauvoir
* Frederick Handel Booth
* Christopher Brooke
* Hugh Childers
* Yvette Cooper
* Joseph Compton-Rickett
* John Dawnay, 1st Viscount Downe
* Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe
* John Dawnay (MP)
* Culling Eardley
* Walter Forrest
* Francis Foljambe
* Sambrooke Freeman
* Viscount Galway
* John Gully
* William Gerard Hamilton
* Joe Harper
* John Hewley
* Adam Hills
* Thomas Houldsworth
* John Jackson
* Henry Lascelles
* Beilby Lawley
* John Lambert
* Geoff Lofthouse
* John Lowther
* William Lowther (1639–1705)
* William Lowther (died 1688)
* Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Swillington
* Sir William Lowther, 2nd Baronet
* Samuel Martin
* Charles Mellish
* Earl of Mexborough
* John Monckton
* Robert Monckton
* Robert Monckton-Arundell
* Richard Monckton Milnes
* Robert Pemberton Milnes
* John Mordaunt
* Thomas Nussey
* Bill O'Brien
* George Morton Pitt
* John Ramsden
* Harold Reckitt
* Edwin Sandys
* George Savile
* John Savile, 3rd Earl of Mexborough
* John Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough
* John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract
* Henry Savile
* Nathaniel Smith
* Tom Smith
* John Smyth
* Thomas E. Sotheron-Estcourt
* Henry Stafford-Jerningham
* Le Gendre Starkie
* George Sylvester
* Samuel Waterhouse
* Rowland Winn
* George Wentworth (of Wentworth Woodhouse)
* George Wentworth (of Woolley)
* Thomas Wentworth
* William White
* Rowland Winn
* Sidney Woolf

Railway stations|

* Baghill
* Monkhill
* Tanshelf

Religious leaders|

* George Clarkson
* Gordon Fallows
* John Finney
* John Flack
* Rob Frost
* Jonathan Greener
* Richard Hare
* Campbell Hone
* Francis House
* David James
* Tom Longworth
* Arthur Morris
* Tony Robinson
* Eric Treacy

Sport|

* Pontefract Racecourse
* Flying Fillies' Stakes
* Silver Tankard Stakes
* Pontefract Collieries F.C.
* Pontefract (rugby league)
* Squash
* Kinsley Greyhound Stadium

Nearby towns, villages & districts|

* Ackton
* Ackworth
* Badsworth
* Castleford
* Crofton
* Darrington
* East Hardwick
* Fairburn
* Featherstone
* Ferrybridge
* Fitzwilliam
* Glasshoughton
* Knottingley
* Monkhill
* Moorthorpe
* Normanton
* Nostell
* Thorpe Audlin
* Upton
* Wentbridge

People|

* Helen Baxendale
* Percy Bentley (soldier)
* Charles Coleman
* Thomas Culpeper & Catherine Howard (1540)
* Arthur Maude (films)
* John Nevison
* Charles Pears
* Edmund Tempest

Other information|

* Pontefract bus station
* Pontefract Museum

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Metropolitan districts|

* City of Bradford
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* Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale
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