Pontefract Corporation Act 1926
WHEREAS by the Pontefract Borough Extension Act 1875 the boundaries of the borough of Pontefract in the west riding of Yorkshire were extended so as to comprise in addition to the then existing borough the several townships districts and other places of Tanshelf Monkhill Pontefract Park Pontefract Park District Castle Precincts and two detached portions of the township of Pontefract:

And whereas it was recited in the preamble to the Act of 1875 that under an Act passed in the twentieth year ...