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Halton
HALTON, a chapelry, in the parish of Corbridge, union of Hexham, E. division of Tindale ward, S. division of Northumberland, 5 miles (N.E. by E.) from Hexham; containing 46 inhabitants. The chapel was rebuilt in 1706, principally by the subscriptions of John Douglas, Esq., and the freeholders of Whittingham. Near it is Halton Tower, an ancient edifice with four turrets, on the north side of which the remains of a much larger building may be traced.
Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
Halton became a civil parish following the 1866 Poor Law Amendment Act. In 1955, the civil parishes Great Whittington, Bingfield, Clarewood, Hallington and Halton - were meged to form Whittington Civil Parish.
See also: the entry for Halton in Whellan's directory, 1855
