Welcome to the main web-pages for Pontefract & District Archaeology & History Society, informally known as PontArc.


The Society was formed in 1957 and members have carried out and supported many impressive fieldwork projects over the years since then.



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All photographs used are believed to belong to the Society or to have been provided to us for unrestricted use. The Society therefore have the copyright of all text and photographs on these pages. We acknowledge photographic contributions from PontArc members past and present, including Eric Houlder, Derek Thorpe, Don Lodge, David Hedges, Ken Wilson, Phil Jones, Bob Evison, Simon Tomson, Jim Goodwin, Robert McNaught and others. If you believe that you have uncredited ownership of an image, please get in touch via our main website. It is not our intention to infringe anyone else's copyright or intellectual ownership.