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Crofton, West Yorkshire history
Crofton is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as Scroftune. The village has one church, the cruciform All Saints’ Church, which dates from the 15th century. It shares an incumbent with the Church of St Peter the Apostle at Kirkthorpe. The mining of coal became important in the 19th century and continued until 1980s.
Crofton Castle
Crofton Castle was built in Towers Lane in 1853 by John Blackburn in the style of a Gothic manor house. The house acted as a prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War for captured Italian soldiers. Rumours of hauntings and paranormal activity at the mansion surfaced.
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