Carlton, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Carlton, a township and a parish formed from that of Roystone in the W.R. Yorkshire, adjacent to the Barnsley Canal, 1½ mile from Staincross station on the M.S. & L.R., and 8 miles NNE of Barnsley, under which there Is a post and money order office; telegraph office, Royston. Acreage, 1978; population, 1401. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of York; net value, £195 with residence. Patrons, trustees. There are extensive collieries near, also a Wesleyan chapel. The population is rapidly increasing.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Carlton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: