Crofton is a large village near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is located about 4 miles (6 km) to the south east of the city. It is Walton's neighbour to the east.

Find out more about the village at Crofton Online.

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A few pictures of Crofton

The Lord of the Manor

Sir Titus Salt, founder of the new model mill and village at Saltaire, near Bradford, lived here until 1822.

A wealthy mill owner and capitalist, he was also a local philanthropist. He believed that factories, amassing fortunes and free-market capitalism were not incompatible with helping the working classes achieve material comfort and moral virtue. Yorkshire and, indeed, the rest of England, went through turbulent times during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th Century. Bradford was at the centre of the change and soon Saltaire became engulfed by the industrial expansion of its large neighbour, Bradford. Titus Salt died in 1876 at the age of 73 years.

Sir Titus Salt (1803-1876), 1st Baronet, MP, Woollen Manufacturer

From: YORKSHIRE, Past and Present :A History and a Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, from the earliest ages to the year 1870; with an account of its manufactures, commerce, and civil and mechanical engineering.

By Thomas Baines, Volume I.

The portrait of Titus Salt is in the lounge bar of the Lord of the Manor pub.

Have a pint and reflect.

Perhaps read Titus Salt and Saltaire - Industry & Virtue, John Styles, Salt Estates Ltd., 1990, ISBN 0 9516950 0 2