Place:


Colton  West Riding

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Colton like this:

COLTON, a village in Templenewsam township, Whitkirk parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 3¼ miles SE of Leeds.

Additional information about this locality is available for Templenewsham

Colton through time

Colton is now part of Leeds district. Click here for graphs and data of how Leeds has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Colton itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colton, in Leeds and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26579

Date accessed: 16th May 2024


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