HAYTON, a parish in ESKDALE ward, county of
CUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of Faugh with
Fenton, Hayton, andTalkin, and containing 1102 inhabitants,
of which number, 491 are in the township of
Hayton, 8 miles (E. by N.) from Carlisle. The living is
a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Carlisle, endowed with £400 private benefaction,
£400 royal bounty, and £1000 parliamentary grant,
and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of
Carlisle. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene,
was rebuilt by subscription in 1780. There are
coal mines on Talkin Fells. The rivers which flow
through this parish are, the Gelt, the Irthing, and the
Cam; there is a lake one mile in circumference, called
Talkin tarn. At Talkin is a school endowed, in 1798,
by John Nulbourne, with seven or eight acres of land,
which produce an income of £ 9 per annum.