CLAUGHTON, a parish in the hundred of LONSDALE,
south of the sands, county palatine of LANCASTER,
7§ miles (N. E. byE.) from Lancaster, containing 123
inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester,
rated in the king's books at £9. 13. 10., and in the patronage
of Thomas Fenwick, Esq. The church is dedicated
to St. Chad. The river Lune passes through this
parish. Here are several quarries of flag-stone. Near
Claughton Hall, an ancient building in a dilapidated
state, are the remains of a Roman Catholic chapel.