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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dalton like this:
DALTON, a township in Burton-in-Kendal parish, Lancashire; at the boundary with Westmoreland, adjacent to the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 1¼ mile SE of Burton-in-Kendal. Acres, 2, 135. Real property, £1, 931. Pop., 129. Houses, 20.
Dalton is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dalton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dalton, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10072
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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