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> General history of Colton and
surrounding areas
The name Colton was first noted in the Domesday
book in 1086.
Where the name 'Colton' derived from is not
clear, although there are two possible explanations.
The area was more than likely to be a Saxon
settlement, named Colton because of the abundance of coal in the
area.
Another possibility is that the land in this
area was owned by a farmer called 'Cola'. An enclosure or farmstead
in old English would be known as a - 'tun' or 'ton', hence the name
Colton.
The Colton countryside has changed little
for last 150 years since the Marchioness of Hertford enclosed
large areas of land for the Temple Newsam Estate and the field system
you see today was set up.
This did away with the field names used for
centuries by the villagers and now almost entirely forgotten:
Colton Common, North Field (near Selby Road), Leys (behind Colton
Methodist Chapel), Kirk Field(across
& mainly South of Colton Road) and the Bitch Daughter Field
south of the school.*
Do you have any further information
on the general history of Colton?
Email:history@mycolton.com
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People & Memories of Colton
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Old Buildings of Colton
* For more information
see Peter C. Harper's book 'Colton School' in Halton Library. |
