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
First West Yorkshire name "Yorkshire Rider", with an area on the logo that incorporated the town in which the garage for that bus was located. In October 1988 Yorkshire Rider was sold in a management buyout. In August 1989 West Yorkshire Road Car Co was purchased from AJS Holdings with services in Bradford, Leeds and Otley. In April 1994 Yorkshire Rider was sold to Badgerline who in June 1995 merged with GRT Group to form FirstBus. In September 1995 Yorkshire Rider was split into separate divisions: In February 1998 all were renamed as First Bradford, First Calderdale, First Huddersfield and First Leeds as