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 through time
Dalton is now part of South Lakeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Lakeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dalton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dalton, in South Lakeland and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10072
Date accessed: 14th January 2025
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