Crofton

Other current and historical names

New Crofton
Scroftune
Scrotone
Crofton, New

Built-Up Area: Crofton
Parish/Community: Crofton
Unitary Authority: Wakefield
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°39'22"N 1°25'41"W
Eastings/Northings: 437879, 417890
OS Grid: SE378178
Mapcode Local: GBR LVG5.K3
Mapcode Global: WHDCC.1C4G

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

Crofton in historic gazetteers

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

Crofton, par. and ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 3½ m. SE. of Wakefield, 1520 ac., pop. 702; P.O.

Crofton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Arnbiorn of Worsborough; Alward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gerbodo (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Woodland: 6 furlongs

British Place Names

Crofton, Wakefield

Crofton is a village in Wakefield

Crofton in historic gazetteers

Crofton in the Domesday Book