Dalton

Other current and historical names

Whinney Hill

Built-Up Area: Rotherham
Parish/Community: Dalton
Unitary Authority: Rotherham
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°26'33"N 1°19'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 445474, 394203
OS Grid: SK454942
Mapcode Local: GBR MX7M.PM
Mapcode Global: WHDDC.RQ3N

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, Conisbrough, Ecclesfield, Rotherham, and Thrybergh pars., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles E. of Rotherham, 1976 ac., pop. 408.

Dalton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Warenne
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Households: 13 smallholders; 5 freemen
- Plough Teams: 4 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 1 furlong
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Percy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roscelin of Fulstow (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ league

British Place Names

Dalton, Rotherham

Dalton is a village in Rotherham, Rotherham

Dalton in historic gazetteers

Dalton in the Domesday Book