Dalton, west North Yorkshire

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Dalton
Location within North Yorkshire
Population181 (2011 census) [1]
OS grid reference NZ114084
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town RICHMOND
Postcode district DL11
Dialling code 01833
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54°28′16″N1°49′28″W / 54.471018°N 1.824374°W / 54.471018; -1.824374

Dalton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire in England. [2] [3] Dalton is situated about six miles north-west of Richmond and about five miles south-east of Barnard Castle within the council district of Richmondshire and close to the A66 trans-Pennine trunk road. It was listed in the Domesday book. The Dalton parish boundary includes the village itself as well the houses at Dalton Heights (off the road to Newsham) plus numerous surrounding farms. The population of the parish was 147 according to the 2001 census, [4] increasing to 181 at the 2011 Census. [1]

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The Church of St James, built in 1897, architect W. S. Hicks Church of St James, Dalton, Richmondshire.jpg
The Church of St James, built in 1897, architect W. S. Hicks

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 St James' Church, Dalton, an Anglican chapel 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]

Dalton Hall, north-west of the village, dates from the 15th century. [7] Dalton Mill was built in the early 18th century and operated until the 1920s. [8]

In 1835, an allowance of £40 was given to the schoolmaster by the Kirby-Ravensworth hospital for the education of the poor children. [9] By 1890, there was a mixed school attended by 50 students. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Dalton Parish (E04007472)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 92 Barnard Castle & Richmond (Teesdale) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN   9780319228982.
  3. ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  4. ↑ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Dalton Parish (36UE031)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Mills, A. D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 146. ISBN   9780199609086.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. London: Victoria County History. 1914. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Historic England. "Dalton Mill (1318357)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  9. ↑ Hinson, Colin. "Kirkby Ravensworth". Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  10. ↑ Hinson, Colin. "Kirkby Ravensworth: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1890". Bulmer's History. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
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