Dalton

Other current and historical names

Grove Place

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 53°39'12"N 1°44'33"W
Eastings/Northings: 417115, 417465
OS Grid: SE171174
Mapcode Local: GBR JV86.K2
Mapcode Global: WHCB2.6FHL

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

Dalton in historic gazetteers

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

Dalton, township, Eirkheaton par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, wholly in bor. of Huddersfield, 1341 ac., pop. 7900.

Dalton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Meadow: 2 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Swein son of Alric (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: 5 furlongs

British Place Names

Dalton, Kirklees

Dalton is a suburban area in Huddersfield, Kirklees

Dalton in historic gazetteers

Dalton in the Domesday Book