Monkhill is an area of Pontefract, in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

Monkhill was formerly a township in the parish of Pontefract,[1] in 1866 Monkhill became a separate civil parish, on 26 March 1892 the parish was abolished and merged with Pontefract.

[2] In 1881 the parish had a population of 86.

[3] Monkhill has two post offices, a school and a railway station called Pontefract Monkhill.

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