Pontefract cake map of the 1648 Siege of Pontefract (reproduced in Chartres) the liquorice is indicated as being grown in "garths" either side of Micklegate, the street which runs between Pontefract's Market Place and the castle. In the 18th century liquorice was used as a medicine both for humans and for horses. The Pontefract cake "was almost certainly a black cake, the portable lozenge used to make 'liquorish water', stamped with the castle lodge emblem of Pontefract to signify quality. This trade mark had been employed on Pontefract cakes since 1612, when the initials 'GS' were used, and are thought to be
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