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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 Newburn parish, Northumberland; on the river Pont, 10 miles NW of Newcastle-on-Tyne. It has a post office under Newcastle-on-Tyne-Acres, 1, 035. Pop., 114. Houses, 22. The township forms a curacy with Newburn; and has a church, called Holy Trinity.
Dalton is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND 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 Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8953
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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