Colton, North Yorkshire

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Colton is a hamlet in North Yorkshire

Parish/Community: Colton
District/Borough: Selby
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 53°53'48"N 1°10'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 454354, 444817
OS Grid: SE543448
Mapcode Local: GBR NR7C.KW
Mapcode Global: WHDB9.XBY2

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, township, Bolton Percy par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 6 miles SW. of York, 1206 ac., pop. 100.

Colton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Wulfstan the priest; Godwin son of Edric; Arnketil son of Wulfstan; Thor; Godwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern of Arques
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 12 shillings in 1086
- Households: 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league

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British Place Names

Colton, North Yorkshire

Colton is a hamlet in North Yorkshire

Colton in historic gazetteers

Colton in the Domesday Book