Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Dalton-in-Furness
	parish	Dalton Town with Newton parish, once in Lancashire
	county:-	Cumbria
		building/s --
	coordinates:-	SD227738
	10Km square:-	SD27
	place code:-	DlFr
	1Km square	SD2273
		Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- 10.7.2006
		Dalton-in-Furness -- Dalton Town with Newton -- Cumbria / -- 18.6.2011
	old map:-	OS County Series (Lan 16 13) OS County Series (Lan 16 9)
		County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
		County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
	placename:-	Dalton in Furness
		building/s
	date:-	1890=1899
	period:-	19th century, late; 1890s
	old map:-	Garnett 1850s-60s H
		Map of the English Lakes, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
		Dalton
		blocks, settlement
	placename:-	Dalton
	date:-	1850=1869
	period:-	19th century, late; 1850s; 1860s
	descriptive text:-	Ford 1839 (3rd edn 1843)
		Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, et al, 1839; published 1839-52.
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		...
		DALTON
		Is situated in a valley which stretches about four miles from it, in one large, sweeping and narrow curve, till it opens on a noble view of Cartmel bay. It is an ancient little town, and was once the capital
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		of Furness - flourishing, from its neighbourhood to the rich and mitred Abbey of Saint Mary. The square tower of its castle overlooks the town, giving an air of dignity to the single street which forms its spacious market-place. The church, dedicated to our Lady, has since 1835 been nearly rebuilt. Dalton would, however, attract but few visitors, were it not from the same cause that formerly gave it opulence. The ruins of the once magnificent abbey still draw the pilgrim of taste ...
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		...
		DALTON, a small market-town, was anciently the capital of Furness. It consists of one street, ter-
		Page 157:-
		[ter]minated by a spacious market-place, where an old castle, consisting of a square tower, overlooks the town. In this castle are held the courts of the liberty and manor of Furness, of which the Duke of Buccleugh and Lord Beaulieu are lords. Romney, the portrait-painter, was born at a place called Beckside, in Dalton. Population, 3229; market-day, Saturday.
	placename:-	Dalton
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	old map:-	Ford 1839 map
		Map of the Lake District, published in A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by William Ford, published by Charles Thurnham, London, 1839.
		DALTON
	placename:-	Dalton
	county:-	Lancashire
	date:-	1839
	period:-	19th century, early; 1830s
	descriptive text:-	Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834)
		Guidebook, Concise Description of the English Lakes, later A Description of the English Lakes, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirky Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823 onwards.
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		A superincumbent bed of limestone, by some called the mountain, by others the upper transition limestone, mantles round these mountains, in a position unconformable to the strata of the slaty and other rocks upon which it reposes. It bassets out near ...
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		... Cartmel, Dalton and Millum, ...
		... The principal mineral production of this limestone, is iron ore, which is raised in great quantities near Dalton, and also near Egremont. ...
	placename:-	Dalton
	date:-	1823
	period:-	19th century, early; 1820s
	source:-	Otley 1818
		New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s.
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		DALTON
	placename:-	Dalton
	descriptive text:-	Baker 1802
		Perspective road map with sections in Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland through Kendal and Penrith ending at Carlisle, by J Baker, London 1802.
		pp.25-26:-
		... by Lever Sands to Ulvernton, Dalton, ...
	placename:-	Dalton
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old text:-	Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
		Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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		Dalton, antiently the principal town, now decayed, though pleasantly situated, has an old castle or tower, lately a gaol for debtors,
	placename:-	Dalton
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	West 1784 map
		A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, now Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, included in the Guide to the Lakes by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Westmorland, and in London, from the 3rd edition 1784, to 1821.
		DALTON
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	placename:-	Dalton
		building/s
	county:-	Lancashire
	descriptive text:-	West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
		Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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		...
		... If in a carriage, return from the abbey by Dalton. This village is finely situated on the crest of a rocky eminence, sloping to the morning sun. At the upper end is a square tower, where formerly the abbot held his secular court, and secured his prisoners. The keep is in the bottom of the tower, and is a dismal dungeon.
	placename:-	Dalton
	date:-	1778
	period:-	18th century, late; 1770s
	market notes:-	see:- Palmer's Index No.93:: Public Record Office see:- Owen: 1792: New Book of Fairs see:- : 1889: Market Rights and Tolls: HM Government
		Customary market, recorded 1292 held by the Abbot of Furneys.
		Letters patent for a market at Dalton in Furneis, 23 Hen 3, 1238-39, and 30 Hen 3, 1245-46, in Palmer's Index No.93 at the Public Record Office.
		Market listed by Owen, 1792.
		Market listed by HM Government, 1888.
	other name:-	Dalton in Furneis
		market town
	date:-	1239; 1246 1292; 1792; 1888
	road book:-	Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802)
		Road book, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, published by G and J Cary, 86 St James's Street, London, 1798-1828.
		page 468-470
		Dalton
		market town
		page 653-654
		Dalton
		market town
	placename:-	Dalton
	date:-	1802
	period:-	19th century, early; 1800s
	old print:-	Middiman 1784-92 (pl.15)
		Print, uncoloured engraving, View near Dalton, Cumberland, drawn by F Wheatly, engraved and published by Samuel Middiman, London, 1785.
		Plate 15 from the set of prints, Select Views in Great Britain.
		printed at bottom left, right, centre:-
		Drawn by F. Wheatly. / Engrav'd by S. Middiman. / VIEW near DALTON. / Published as the Act directs, May 25. 1785, by S. Middiman, London.
	placename:-	Dalton
	date:-	1784
	period:-	18th century, late
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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