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Ledston

Ledston is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, north of Castleford.

Ledston Hall[?] was the home of Lady Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of the seventh Earl of Huntingdon, known to everyone as "Lady Betty".

The hall was originally a grange and chapel built by the monks of Pontefract Priory[?].

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