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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Aughton like this:
AUGHTON, a chapelry in Halton parish, Lancashire; on the river Lune, 2 miles N of Caton r. station, and 7 NE of Lancaster. Post Town, Caton, under Lancaster. Acres, 1,900. Pop., 132. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £140.* Patron, the Rector of Halton. The church was rebuilt in 1864.
Aughton is now part of LANCASTER District. Click here for graphs and data of how LANCASTER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Aughton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Aughton, in Lancaster and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25184
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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