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Carlton is a village in the south of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, about 6 miles (13 km) from Leeds city centre.

Carlton
Village sign showing rhubarb, with rhubarb plants in foreground
Carlton Show map of Leeds Carlton Location within West Yorkshire Show map of West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE337271
Metropolitan borough	City of Leeds
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WAKEFIELD
Postcode district	WF3
Dialling code	0113
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Elmet and Rothwell
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53.740000°N 1.490200°W / 53.740000; -1.490200

Geography

Carlton has a Wakefield WF3 postal address.

Carlton was previously part of Rothwell Urban District. Today it sits in the Rothwell ward of Leeds City Council and Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency.

It is celebrated for its rhubarb growing, and is at the centre of the Rhubarb Triangle. Due to Carlton's rhubarb growing and farming heritage, the area has seen a recent influx of Eastern European migrants, who make a living working on the numerous farms.

Etymology

The name of Carlton is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Carlentone.[1] As with the nearby example of West Carlton and East Carlton in Yeadon, the name comes from the Old Norse word karla (genitive plural of karl 'commoner, churl') and the Old English word tūn ('estate'). Thus it once meant 'estate owned by commoners'. The Old Norse form karla may be based on an earlier Old English name *ceorla tūn, of the same meaning.[2]

See also

• Listed buildings in Rothwell, West Yorkshire

References

External links

• LS26.org.uk - area website
• The ancient parish of Rothwell: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI (Carlton was in this parish).

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