What is Colton?
{{Infobox UK place |country = England |latitude = 54.265968 |longitude = -3.0518501 |official_name = Colton |population = 765 |shire_district = South Lakeland |shire_county = [[Cumbria]] |region = North West England |constituency_westminster = |post_town = |postcode_district = |postcode_area = |dial_code = |os_grid_reference = |static_image = |static_image_caption= }} '''Colton''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[South Lakeland]], [[Cumbria]], England. In 2001 there were 765 people living in Colton.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790350 |title=Neighbourhood Statistics |access-date=2012-09-18 |archive-date=2014-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102846/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790350 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1202 it was called Coleton, which was the [[Old English]] name for ''village''.<ref name=colton>{{cite web |url= http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Town_or_Village/location.php?url=colton |title=Colton, Cumbria |work=thecumbriadirectory.com |year=2012 |access-date=20 September 2012}}</ref> It is built beside a small stream called Colton Beck.<ref name=colton/> The Church of Holy Trinity was built in 1578 and listed by [[English Heritage]] as a Grade 2 building.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-421185-church-of-holy-trinity-colton-cumbria |title=Church of Holy Trinity - Colton |work=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |year=2012 |access-date=20 September 2012}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:Villages in Cumbria]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Cumbria]]