Notton
| Notton | |
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.jpg) Notton Post Office, 2012 | |
  Notton Location within West Yorkshire | |
| Population | 982 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SE349131 |
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| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WAKEFIELD |
| Postcode district | WF4 |
| Dialling code | 01226 (Barnsley) |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Notton is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. The village is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Royston, 5.5 miles (9 km) from Barnsley town centre and 6.5 miles (10 km) south of Wakefield. The parish had a population of 982 at the 2011 Census.[1] Until 1974, the parish was part of Wakefield Rural District, before then Notton was part of the Barnsley Rural District before its abolition in 1938.[3]
Notton is part of the historic county of West Riding of Yorkshire in the Wapentake of Staincross and part of the ancient parish of Royston. The Wapentake almost corresponds with the current Barnsley Metropolitan Area, although a few settlements and townships historically within the Staincross Wapentake such as Notton, were put outside the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and now lie within the current West Yorkshire Metropolitan Area since April 1974.
In the Middle Ages the manor was held by the de Notton family, whose most notable member was William de Notton (died about 1365), who was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. It later passed to the Darcy family.
Notton has a village hall on George Lane, and a post office on Applehaigh Lane.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Welcome to the Notton Parish Council website". Notton Parish Council. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Barnsley RD through time | Census tables with data for the Local Government District". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Archived from the original on 18 June 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
External links
Media related to Notton at Wikimedia Commons