Dalton in Furness, Lancashire
Historical Description
Dalton-in-Furness, a town and a parish in Lancashire. The town stands on the Furness railway, 1¼ mile N of Fur-ness Abbey, and 5 miles SW of Ulverston; it is an ancient place long the capital of Lower Furness, consists of one main and numerous other streets, spacious, antique, and picturesque, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Carnforth, designated Dalton-in-Furness, a railway station, several inns, an ancient tower, a parish church, a chapel of ease, Wesleyan, Baptist, Bible Christian, Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Roman Catholic chapels. The parish is divided into three wards, North, East, and South, and governed by a local board of 18 members. There is a cemetery about 14 acres in extent, with two mortuary chapels, which is managed by a burial board; also a county police station, and a lecture hall. The tower crowns a rocky eminence on the west, and belonged to a castle built in the time of Edward III. by the abbots of Furness to guard the northern approach to the abbey. The church stands near the tower, and was rebuilt in 1884-85. Fairs are held on 28 April, 6 June, and 23 Oct. Romney the painter was a native and is buried in the churchyard. The parish includes also the chapelries of Askam and Ireleth, and the townships of Lindal and Marton. Acreage, 7223; population, 13,300. The Duke of Buccleuch is lord of the manor. Iron ore and limestone are plentiful, and mining and iron working are extensively carried on. Remains of a fortified beacon are on the eminence of High Haume. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; gross value, £350 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lancashire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Dalton-In-Furness St. Mary | |
Hundred | Lonsdale north of the Sands | |
Poor Law union | Ulverston |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
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Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Dalton in Furness from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Dalton-In-Furness (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Lancashire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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