Dalton, west North Yorkshire
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Richmond | |
Dalton is a village and
Dalton includes a farming community, both arable and stock, and is sited on a stream or beck which is a tributary of the River Swale. The Dalton & Gayles Village Hall, which is shared with the neighbouring village of Gayles, is located in Dalton; there is also a Church of England church, St James's, built in 1897.
The name Dalton comes from Old English and means farmstead or village in a valley.[5]
To the South of Dalton there are the remains of a camp called ‘Castle Steads’, and further south there is a block of stone called ‘Stone Man’ which used to be a landmark, until the stones were taken away to make fences. A mile south-east of the Stone Man, a stone chest was found which had a ‘kale pot’, said to have contained money.[6]
In 1835, an allowance of £40 was given to the schoolmaster by the Kirby-Ravensworth hospital for the education of the poor children.[7] By 1890, there was a mixed school attended by 50 students.[8]
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ISBN 9780319228982.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Dalton Parish (36UE031)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ISBN 9780199609086.
- ^ Hinson, Colin. "Kirkby Ravensworth: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1890". Bulmer's History and Directory of North Yorkshire (1890). Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ Hinson, Colin. "Kirkby Ravensworth". Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- ^ Hinson, Colin. "Kirkby Ravensworth: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1890". Bulmer's History. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
External links
Media related to Dalton, Richmondshire at Wikimedia Commons- Dalton in the Domesday Book
