Notton

Notton
Notton
	Notton Post Office, 2012
	Notton Location within West Yorkshire
Population	982 (2011)
OS grid reference	SE349131
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
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	Hemsworth;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°36′47″N 1°28′26″W / 53.613°N 1.474°W

Notton is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. The village lies about 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) northeast of Royston and 5 miles (8 km) south of the centre of Wakefield. The parish had a population of 982 at the 2011 Census.^[1] Until 1974, the parish was part of Wakefield Rural District.

In the Middle Ages the manor was held by the de Notton family, whose most notable member was William de Notton (died about 1365), Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.

References

^ ^a ^b "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

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