Pontefract Dispensary and Hermitage story share

The launch of a new digital project by One To One Development Trust, working with Pontefract Civic Society and Pontefract Heritage Partnership. Pontefract Dispensary was opened in 1880. Over the next century it served the people of Pontefract as a hospital, later part of Pontefract General Infirmary. It was bult in the garden of a 14th century hermitage, with the hermitage itself preserved underneath the new building. The Dispensary closed in 2011. Did you work at the Dispensary, or were you a patient there? Did you ever visit the hermitage? We would love to hear your stories, and see any photographs you might have, to help us create a new digital experience to celebrate and share this important and unique part of Pontefract's heritage. Part of the Our Heritage Our Stories project with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Timings & Tours

Saturday 20 September:

1100-1430

Location & directions

5 Salter Row, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 1BA

Contact on day:

Tegwen Roberts

Telephone number:

+447909744337

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

There is no parking on site. there are public car parks close by in Pontefract Town Centre

Additional information

Pontefract Museum is a beautiful historic building built as a Carnegie Library, it is an important part of Pontefract's architectural heritage and holds museum displays about the history of the town and surrounding area.

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