HALTON, (Cheshire) or HAULTON, i.e. HIGH-TOWN, 2 m. N. of Frodshiam, slands loftily on a hill, where a castle was built,
anno 1071, by Hugh Lupus E. of Chester, who gave it, with the barony, to Nigel a Norman; from whose posterity it came to
the crown, and remains a member of the duchy of Lancaster; which maintains a large jurisdiction in the country round it,
by the name of Halton-Fee, or the honor of Halton, having a court of record, prison, &c. within themselves. About
Michaelmas every year, the K's. officers of the duchy keep a law-day at the castle, which still remains a stately
building; and once a fortnight a court is kept here, to determine all matters within their jurisdiction; but felons and
thieves are carried to the sessions at Chester, to receive their sentence. Here is a small Mt. on S. though it is not in
the lists of the Market-towns, and a Fair on Lady-day, which the inhabitants claim by prescription.