Shoemarket
(1258-present)

place and market

Aged 766

Commemorated on 1 plaque

Shoemarket The "seldes" or small shops of cobblers are recorded in 1258. These small shops developed on the site of the open market which originally extended from the Town Hall to the Court House.

Pontefract library, Shoemarket, Pontefract, United Kingdom where it sited (1258)