HALTON (WEST), a parish in the northern division of the wapentake of MANLEY, parts of LINDSEY, county of LINCOLN, 85 miles (W.) from Barton upon Humber, containing, with the hamlet of Gunhouse; 374 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Stow, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £16, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Norwich. The church is dedicated to St. Ethelreda.