DALTON, a township partly in the parish of CROFT,
eastern division, but chiefly in the parish of KIRKBYRAVENSWORTH,
western division, of the wapentake of
GILLING, North riding of the county of YORK, 3 miles
(S. S. E) from Greta-Bridge, and containing 265 inhabitants.
An annuity of £40 is paid by the Master and
Wardens of Kirkby-Ravensworth hospital to a schoolmaster
in this township, for the education of the poor
children, and of those from Newsham; and there is a
small endowment of £3 a year, bequeathed by Thomas
Buckton, for which three poor children are instructed.
Within the township is a place called Castle-Steeds,
where are the remains of a contra xstira, on a slip of
land above the conflux of two rivulets, near which
passes the Roman Watling-street.