# Pontefract Barracks
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{{Infobox military installation
|name=Pontefract Barracks
|image=Barracks Business Centre - Wakefield Road - geograph.org.uk - 997478.jpg
|caption =Pontefract Barracks
|type = Barracks
|map_type = West Yorkshire
|pushpin_map_caption = Location within West Yorkshire
|location = [Pontefract](/source/Pontefract)
|coordinates = {{Coord|53.68554|N|1.32647|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|ownership = [Ministry of Defence](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom))
|operator = {{army|United Kingdom}}
|built = 1879
|used=1879–1963
|architect =
|built_for = [War Office](/source/War_Office)
|garrison =
|occupants = [King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry](/source/King's_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry)
[York and Lancaster Regiment](/source/York_and_Lancaster_Regiment)
}}
'''Pontefract Barracks''' is a former military installation in [Pontefract](/source/Pontefract), [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire), England.
==History==
The barracks were built in the [Fortress Gothic Revival Style](/source/Gothic_Revival_architecture) and were completed in 1879.[{{cite web|url=http://www.propertypilot.co.uk/pdf/129+3373.pdf |title=Office investment with development potential |publisher=Edisons |accessdate=16 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128230727/http://www.propertypilot.co.uk/pdf/129+3373.pdf |archivedate=November 28, 2014 }}] Their creation took place as part of the [Cardwell Reforms](/source/Cardwell_Reforms) which encouraged the localisation of British military forces.[{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9383385/Echoes-of-the-past-in-these-Army-cuts.html|title=Echoes of the past in these Army cuts|date=8 July 2012|accessdate=13 November 2014|archive-date=28 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128154103/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9383385/Echoes-of-the-past-in-these-Army-cuts.html|url-status=live}}]
The barracks were intended as [depot](/source/Regimental_depot) for the [51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot](/source/51st_(2nd_Yorkshire_West_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot) and the [105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)](/source/105th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Madras_Light_Infantry)).[{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm|title=Training Depots|publisher=Regiments.org|accessdate=16 October 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm|archivedate=10 February 2006}}] Under the [Childers Reforms](/source/Childers_Reforms) these regiments amalgamated to form the [King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry](/source/King's_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry) with its depot at the barracks in 1881.[ The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry remained at the barracks until 1938 when they moved to [Strensall Camp](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_Barracks%2C_Strensall).][{{cite web|url=http://www.pontefractus.co.uk/focusyears/pontefract_1959_009.htm|title=Years in Focus|publisher=Pontefractus|accessdate=16 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129012209/http://www.pontefractus.co.uk/focusyears/pontefract_1959_009.htm|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}}]
The barracks were also intended as depot for the [65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot](/source/65th_(2nd_Yorkshire%2C_North_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot) and the [84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot](/source/84th_(York_and_Lancaster)_Regiment_of_Foot).[ Under the [Childers Reforms](/source/Childers_Reforms) these regiments amalgamated to form the [York and Lancaster Regiment](/source/York_and_Lancaster_Regiment) with its depot at the barracks in 1881.][ The barracks were demoted to the status of out-station to the [Yorkshire Brigade](/source/Yorkshire_Brigade) depot at [Queen Elizabeth Barracks](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_Barracks%2C_Strensall) in 1958 and closed in 1963.][{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1964-06-10a.436.8|title=Oral Answers to Questions — British Army|publisher=They work for you|date=10 June 1964|accessdate=16 November 2014|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129070023/http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1964-06-10a.436.8|url-status=live}}] The barracks were redeveloped by Asquith Properties and converted into serviced offices in 1997.[{{cite web|url=https://planning.wakefield.gov.uk/online-applications/propertyDetails.do;jsessionid=D83ECE3E7B0E15727573CAA3A3808CD6?previousCaseType=Application&previousKeyVal=MAJLC3QQ90000&activeTab=summary&previousCaseNumber=12%2F01903%2FFUL&keyVal=002W3OQQLI000|title=Planning application|accessdate=16 November 2014|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129031254/https://planning.wakefield.gov.uk/online-applications/propertyDetails.do;jsessionid=D83ECE3E7B0E15727573CAA3A3808CD6?previousCaseType=Application&previousKeyVal=MAJLC3QQ90000&activeTab=summary&previousCaseNumber=12%2F01903%2FFUL&keyVal=002W3OQQLI000|url-status=live}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/west-yorks-property-development-firm-asquith-properties-in-administration-1-2191897|title=West Yorks property development firm Asquith Properties in administration|newspaper=Yorkshire Post|date=12 September 2008|accessdate=16 February 2019|archive-date=17 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217084928/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/west-yorks-property-development-firm-asquith-properties-in-administration-1-2191897|url-status=live}}]
==References==
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Category:Installations of the British Army
Category:Military installations established in 1879
Category:Military installations closed in 1963
Category:Former barracks in England
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