Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COLTON

COLTON, a township in Bolton-Percy parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the York and Derby railway, 6 ½ miles NW of York. Acres, 1, 129. Real property, £1, 641. Pop., 129. Houses, 31.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bolton Percy CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Colton

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