WARTON, a chapelry in the parish of KIRKHAM,
hundred of AMOUNDERNESS, county palatine of LANCASTER,
3 miles (S. S. W.) from Kirkham, containing
468 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in
the archdeaconry of Richmond, and diocese of Chester,
endowed with £400 private benefaction, £800 royal
bounty, and £300 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage
of the Vicar of Kirkham. The chapel, which
is dedicated to St. Paul, was consecrated in 1725.
About forty children are educated in a school built by
subscription, and supported by various endowments,
producing an annual income of nearly £100.