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Crofton Hall Golf Club, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. (1935 - WW2)
First appeared in the mid 1930s.
From the Golfer's Handbook 1935 to 1937; Secretary - W Temple, 44 Welbeck Street, Wakefield.
From the 1940 and 1947 Golfer's Handbook; Secretary - D Carlon, 3 High Street, Crofton; Professional and green-keeper was T Dutton; Nine-hole course; Membership of 65; Amateur course record held by D Carlon 64; Visitors’ fees were 1/6 a day, Sunday play allowed. Railway stations at Hare Park and Crofton 1 mile.
The nine-hole course mentioned in the proposed sale of the property in May 1941.
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer Thursday 22 May 1941. Image © National World Publishing Ltd. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
The club continued to be listed in the Golfer's Handbook into the 1950s. It was a repetitive entry and the club/course actually disappeared at the onset of WW2.
Ordnance Survey Map from the time of WW2 showing Crofton Hall (golf course not marked).
O.S Map Revised 1938; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1948}.