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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.
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 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: 08th April 2026
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