PONTEVEDRA 



towns being Vigo 

 and Redondela. 

 Its area is 1,695 

 s q. m. V o p . 

 506,800. 



Pontevedra. 

 City of S p ai n. 

 Capital of the 



it to have been one of unusual 

 strength and size. Part of it is now 

 used as a museum, and the ad- 

 joining grounds have been made 

 into a public recreation ground. 

 Of the churches the chief are 

 S. Giles and All Saints. Two old 

 foundations are Trinity Hospital 

 and S. Nicholas almshouses. The 

 grammar school is a modern 

 building, but the school itself is old. 

 There is a town hall, court house, 

 market hall, and assembly rooms. 

 Features of the town are an 

 old hermitage cut out of the rock, 

 and the windmill on S. Thomas's 

 Hill, the eminence where Earl 

 Thomas of Lancaster was executed. 

 The chief industries are tanning, 

 brewing, iron-founding, and corn- 

 milling. Pomfret cakes made here 

 are lozenges of liquorice. The 

 borough includes the suburb of 

 Tanshelf. 



The original name of Pontefract 

 was Kirkby, where a cast.le was 

 built by the Normans. Soon the 

 name was changed, and the town 

 became important owing to its 

 geographical position, and the 

 fact that it was a stronghold of the 

 dukes of Lancaster. In 1399 

 Richard II was murdered here. 

 The castle was taken and retaken 

 during the Civil War, after which 

 it was destroyed. The borough 

 rights began early, and soon the 

 borough had a merchant guild, 

 markets, and a mayor. The first 

 charter was granted by Robert de 

 Lacy in 1 194, he being a descendant 

 of the Lacy who received from 

 William the Conqueror the honour 

 of Pontefract. From 1621 to 1918 

 Pontefract was separately repre- 

 sented in Parliament, first by two 

 and then by one member. Race 

 meetings are held in the town 

 park. Market day, Sat. Pop. 

 (1921) 16,800. See Pontefract, 

 R. Holmes, 1878. 



Pontevedra. Maritime prov. of 

 N.W. Spain, facing the Atlantic 

 Ocean. It is hounded N. by 

 Corunna, E. by Lugo and Orense, 

 and S. by the Portuguese prov. 

 of Minho. Densely populated, 

 and largely mountainous, it yields 

 timber and agricultural produce. 

 The capital is Pontevedra, other 



PONTIAC 



Ponthierville. River port on 

 the Congo. It is 78 m. above Stan- 

 leyville (q.v.) by rail. S. of Pon- 

 thierville the Congo again becomes 

 navigable as far as Kindu. 



Pontiac. City of Michigan, 

 U.S.A., the co. seat of Oakland co. 

 It stands on Clinton river, 25 m. 

 - N.W. of Detroit, 

 : and is served by 

 the Grand Trunk 

 and other rlys. 

 Manufactures in- 

 clude motor ve- 

 \ hides, carriages, 

 wagons, agricul- 

 - tural machinery, 



prov. of Pontevedra, it stands near 

 the mouth of the river Lerez, in 

 the Bay of Pontevedra, 13 m. 

 N.N.E. of Vigo, with a station on 

 the Santiago-Tuy Rly. The river 

 is here spanned by a twelve-arched 

 Roman Bridge, the Pons Vetus. 

 Santa Maria Mayor is a Gothic 

 edifice with a 16th century facade, 

 while the church of San Francisco 

 contains many beautiful tombs. 

 To the west of the town, near to 

 the road from Carril. are the ivy- 

 ciad ruins of the 13th century con- 

 ventual church of Santo Domingo, 

 including fine apses, beautiful 

 arcades, and some interesting 

 tombs. The town has a trade in 

 agricultural produce and some 

 small manufactures. The name is 

 a corruption of the Latin pans 

 velus, old bridge. Pop. 24,000. 



Pontefract, Yorkshire. 1. Ruined 



hall of the castle. 2. Parish church 



of All Saints. 3. Church of S. Giles 



and Market Place 



flour, varnish, and foundry and 

 machine-shop products. Settled 

 in 1818, Pontiac was incorporated 

 in 1837 and became a city in 1861. 

 Pop. 34,300. 



Pontevedra, Spain. 



Ruins of the church of the 13th century convent of 

 S. Domingo 



