Crofton, West Yorkshire Crofton, West Yorkshire Crofton is a village near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, about south-east of the city, some to the west of the town of Pontefract, and from the town of Featherstone. The population of the civil parish at the time of the 2011 census was 5,781. Crofton is listed in the Domesday Book as Scroftune. The village has one church, the cruciform All Saints' Church, which is Anglican. It dates from the 15th century. It shares an incumbent with the Church of St Peter the Apostle at Kirkthorpe. A Roman Catholic church built in the 1920s closed in
Emley, West Yorkshire simply Wakefield. In 2005 the club split and A.F.C. Emley were formed to bring football back to the village's Welfare Ground. Emley is home to Emley Clarence Cricket Club, nicknamed The Clarence, who play in the Drakes Huddersfield League. Notes Bibliography Emley, West Yorkshire Emley is a village in West Yorkshire, England between Huddersfield and Wakefield with a population of 1,867. It is east of Huddersfield and west of Wakefield. The village dates from Anglo-Saxon times and is on high ground, close to the Emley Moor transmitting station. The name "Emley" is derived from an Old English personal name, Em(m)a