Colton

Built-Up Area: Leeds
Parish/Community: Leeds, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Leeds
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 53°47'37"N 1°26'38"W
Eastings/Northings: 436730, 433186
OS Grid: SE367331
Mapcode Local: GBR LSCK.6T
Mapcode Global: WHDBK.SXM1

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Colton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Colton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Colton, vil., Whitkirk par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles SE. of Leeds; P.O.

Colton in the Domesday Book

A village in Skyrack hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gospatric son of Arnketil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 2 shillings in 1086
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Colton, Leeds

Colton is a suburban area in Leeds, Leeds

Colton in historic gazetteers

Colton in the Domesday Book