HELTON, or HILTON, a township (formerly a chapelry)
in the parish of BONGATE, or ST-MICHAEL, APPLEBY,
EAST ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 3 miles
(E.) from Appleby, containing 300 inhabitants. The
London Lead Company work the lead mines here, which
are very productive, and they have also a mill for smelting
the ore, which yields a considerable quantity of silver.
The chapel has long been demolished.