WALTON, a parish in ESKDALE ward, county of
CUMBERLAND, comprising the townships of High and
Low Walton, and containing 480 inhabitants, of which
number, 177 are in High Walton, 10 miles (N.EbyE.),
and 303 in Low Walton, 10 miles (N.EbyE.), from
Carlisle. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Carlisle, endowed with £200
private benefaction, and £600 royal bounty, and in
the patronage of Mrs, Dacre. The ancient Roman wall
crossed the parish, which contained the station Petriana,
the site of which is now called Castle Steads, and out
of its ruins several houses have been built. From the
blackness of the stones, it is thought that the ancient
buildings had suffered greatly from fire: numerous inscriptions
and other relics of antiquity have been discovered.
A charity school, with a small endowment, was
founded by J. Boustead, Esq.; and a Sunday school has
been established, and is supported, by Mrs. Johnson.