Flockton

Other current and historical names

Flocheton
Flochetone
Flockton Green

Built-Up Area: Flockton
Parish/Community: Kirkburton
Unitary Authority: Kirklees
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°37'49"N 1°38'14"W
Eastings/Northings: 424085, 414942
OS Grid: SE240149
Mapcode Local: GBR KV0G.B9
Mapcode Global: WHCB9.T0JN

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

Flockton in historic gazetteers

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

Flockton, township, Thornhill par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles SW. of Wakefield, 1108 ac., Pop. 1180; P.O.; contains Flockton Hall.

Flockton in the Domesday Book

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

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Gamal son of Barth; Alric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066

British Place Names

Flockton, Kirklees

Flockton is a village in Kirklees

Flockton in historic gazetteers

Flockton in the Domesday Book