Halton (Whittington)
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Description
NY 999678. Shrunken village of Halton. Two areas of earthworks survive, that to the north of the farm consisting of rectangular enclosures, possible house platforms at the west end and defined on the north by a linear bank, perhaps an early road alignment. South of the farm are a series of rectangular enclosures on the edge of the village platform. More enclosures, suggestive of crofts lie under rig and furrow to the south. Plan.... In the 13th century the manor and lordship of Halton was held in thegnage tenure by the family of Halton. An IPM of 1287 recorded a capital messuage, ten and a half bondages each containing 30 acres of arable, and a cottage. In an inquisition taken 12 years later the number of bondage holdings had been doubled, and the land appertaining to each halved. The vill only had six taxpayers in 1296. In 1385 the lordship was wasted by the Scots. There is no indication that Halton survived the Middle Ages as a large settlement. In the Hearth Tax of 1666 only four houses were recorded, including the castle. -
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Keys to the Past (Durham & Northumbria County Councils) -
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