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Listed Buildings In Crofton, West Yorkshire
Crofton, West Yorkshire, Crofton is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The parish contains ten Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Crofton and the surrounding countryside. The listed buildings include a church and structures in the churchyard, including a mausoleum, houses and cottages, a public house, a farmhouse and farm buildings, and a set of stocks. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations Sources * * * * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crofton, West Yorkshire Lists of listed buildings in West Yorkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crofton, West Yorkshire
Crofton is a village in West Yorkshire, England, about south-east of Wakefield, some to the west of the town of Pontefract, and from the town of Featherstone. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,781. History Crofton is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as Scroftune. The village has one church, the cruciform All Saints' Church, which is Anglican. It dates from the 15th century. It shares an incumbent with the Church of St Peter the Apostle at Kirkthorpe. A Roman Catholic church built in the 1920s closed in 2008.Crofton Parish CounciRetrieved 24 July 2017./ref> Crofton New Hall was built in the 1750s for the Wilsons, who lived in the village until 1935, when a Colonel Wilson sold out. The hall was used by the army during the Second World War and later by the National Coal Board. It housed Brown's Tutorial School until 1980, when the building was demolished. Shortly afterwards, a housing estate was built there. Some of the Wilson family are buried in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |