HALTON, a parish in the hundred of LONSDALE,
south of the sands, county palatine of LANCASTER, 2
miles (N.E. by N.) from Lancaster, containing, with the
chapelry of Aughton, 1027 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, rated in the king's books at £20. 0. 1\., and in
the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of Robert Fletcher
Bradshaw, Esq., as lord of the manor. Thomas Withers,
in 1747, gave certain property, now producing about
£ 14. 10. a year, for the instruction of eight children.