CROFTON, a parish in the lower division of the
wapentake of AGBRIGG, West riding of the county of
YORK, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Wakefield, containing
459 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of York, rated in the king's books
at £ 10. 0.2., and in the patronage of the King, as Duke
of Lancaster.  The church, dedicated to All Saints, is
a small cruciform structure in the later English style,
with a low central tower.