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Buttercross, Pontefract, St Oswald's Cross, and Solomon Dupeer blue plaque

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Buttercross, Pontefract, St Oswald's Cross, and Solomon Dupeer blue plaque
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This blue commemorative plaque records: Buttercross Erected in 1734 to shelter people selling dairy produce. Replaced pre-Conquest St Oswald's Cross. Posthumous gift of Solomon Dupeer. Tradition asserts that Solomon Dupeer was responsible for betraying Gibraltar to the British in 1704. 18th century benches survive. Recorded plaque organisation: Rotary International.

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