Pontefract cake Pontefract cake Pontefract cakes (also known as Pomfret cakes and Pomfrey cakes) are a type of small, roughly circular black sweet measuring approximately 2 cm in diameter and 4 mm thick, made of liquorice, originally manufactured in the Yorkshire town of Pontefract, England. The original name for these small tablets of liquorice is a "Pomfret" cake, after the old Norman name for Pontefract. However, that name has fallen into disuse and they are now almost invariably labelled "Pontefract cakes". The term "cake" has a long history. The word itself is of Germanic origin, from the Germanic "kakâ" (cook). The exact
Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust was a Community health NHS trust which served the Wakefield metropolitan district, West Yorkshire providing community, mental health and learning disability services. The Trust was formed on 1 April 1993 and operated from a number of locations including Fieldhead Hospital, The Yorkshire Centre for Forensic Psychiatry (also known as Newton Lodge) the former Castleford, Normanton and District; Southmoor; and Ackton Hospitals (all now closed) and numerous health centres and other standalone units across the Wakefield district. The headquarters for the Trust was called Fernbank and was