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Cumbria. 54°09′16″N 3°10′53″W / . 54.1544°N 3.1814°W. / 54.1544; -3.1814. Dalton-in-Furness is a town in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It is in the parish of Dalton Town with Newton, in the Westmorland and Furness district. In 2011 it had a population of 7,827. [1]
The ancient market town of Dalton-in-Furness was once the most important town on the Furness Peninsula, with a rich history that predates medieval times. This pretty town lies in a narrow valley inland from the coast and just north-east of Barrow-in-Furness. Dalton’s charming Market Street is renowned for its traditional public houses ...
The attractive town of Dalton-in-Furness was once the administrative capital of the Furness region. It has a history going back to the Saxon period and was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Daltune. The town stands on a hilltop site well inland from the sea. During the medieval period, the town's inland location made it relatively safe ...
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Coordinates: 54.1554°N 3.1865°W. Dalton Castle, 2007. Dalton Castle is a grade I listed 14th-century peel tower situated in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. [1] It was constructed by the monks of Furness Abbey for the protection of the nearby market town, and was the building from which the ...
DALTON-IN-FURNESS, a small town, a parish, and a sub-district in Ulverstone district, Lancashire. The town stands on the Furness railway, 1½ mile N of Furness abbey, and 5 SW of Ulverstone; is an ancient place, long the capital of Lower-Furness; consists of one street, spacious, antique, picturesque, and improved; and has a head post office, designated Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, a railway ...
Dalton Town with Newton is a civil parish in the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, England. The parish contains the market town of Dalton-in-Furness, the hamlet of Newton and surrounding countryside. The civil parish contains 70 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.
1. Dalton-in-Furness, Mediaeval Capital to Mining Community. Rock Battye. 2006. Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN 0-9540232-4-2. 2. Barrow and District. F Barnes. 1968 (reprinted 1978). Barrow-in-Furness Corporation. 3. Lake District Life. Discovering Dalton article. Amanda Griffiths. Nov/Dec 2005. Archant Life. [Go to History]
