Dalton in Furness is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Lancashire.
Other places in the parish include: Barrow in Furness, Above Town Division, Above Town, Yarlside, Roa Island, Roa, North Scale, Lindale and Martin, Ireleth, Hawcoat, and Dalton Proper.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1565
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1689
Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
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 station, a chief inn, an ancient tower, a parish church, a Wesleyan chapel, and a free school.
The tower crowns a rocky eminence on the west; and belonged to a castle, built in the time of Edward III., by the abbots of Furness, to guard the northern approach to the abbey.
The church stands near the tower, and was rebuilt in 1825.
Markets are held on Saturdays; and fairs on 6 June and 23 Oct. A hunt, called the “Dalton Rout” in the “Tatler, ” was established here in 1703; but has gone into disuse. Romney, the painter, was a native. Pop., 2,812. Houses, 538.
The parish includes also the townships of Hawcoat and Yarlside, the chapelries of Ireleth and Rampside, the hamlet of Biggar, and the islands of Peel, Barrow, Roa, and Walney. Acres, 16, 364. Real property, £64,492; of which £4,025 are in mines, and £33,627 in railways. Pop., 9,152. Houses, 1,565. The property is much subdivided.
Iron ore and limestone are plentiful: and mining and iron working are extensively carried on. Remains of a fortified-beacon occur on the eminence of High Haume.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £159. Patron, the Duchy of Lancaster. The chapelries of Ireleth, Rampside, Barrow, and Walney are separate benefices.
The sub-district contains three parishes. Acres, 25,158. Pop., 11,243.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Lancashire, Dalton-in-Furness – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Dalton cemetery register of burials, 1863-1967
England, Lancashire, Dalton-in-Furness – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Dalton in Furness, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Lancashire, Dalton-in-Furness – Church history ( 2 )
Dalton Congregational Church, 1867-1972
Author: Cock, Stanley D.
Furness Abbey : romance, scholarship and culture
Author: Dade-Robertson, Christine
England, Lancashire, Dalton-in-Furness – Church records ( 23 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Dalton-in-Furness, 1689-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dalton-in-Furness (Lancashire); Church of England. Chapelry of Walney (Lancashire)
Church records, 1862-1904
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Hindpool Road, Barrow, Lancashire)
Church records, 1863-1906
Author: Primitive Methodist Church (Barrow, Lancashire)
Church records, 1868-1920
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire)
Church records, 1870-1891
Author: Bible Christian Church. Millom and Dalton Circuit (Lancashire)
Church records, 1874-1941
Author: Bible Christian Church. Dalton and Barrow Circuit (Lancashire)
Church records, 1875-1922
Author: Bible Christian Church. Barrow-in-Furness Circuit (Lancashire)
Church records, 1875-1936
Author: Methodist New Connexion Chapel (Barrow, Lancashire)
Church records, 1876-1909
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Hartington Street, Barrow, Lancashire)
Church records, 1877-1905
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Roose, Lancashire)
Church records, 1877-1910
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Greengate Street, Barrow, Lancashire)
Church records, 1878-1920
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Abbey Road, Barrow, Lancashire)
The coucher book of Furness Abbey
Author: Catholic Church. Abbey of Furness (Lancashire, England); Atkinson, John Christopher, 1814-1900; Brownbill, John
The cowcher book of Furness Abbey : transcript of the lost folio 70, presented by Mr. W. North of Fulham to the Public Record Office in September 1930
Author: Flower, Cyril Thomas, 1879-; Catholic Church. Abbey of Furness (Lancashire, England)
The cowcher book of Furness Abbey : transcript of the lost folio 70, presented by Mr. W. North of Fulham to the Public Record Office in September 1930
Author: Flower, Cyril Thomas, 1879-; Catholic Church. Abbey of Furness (Lancashire, England)
Parish register transcripts, 1565-1657
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dalton-in-Furness (Lancashire)
Parish registers for Dalton-in-Furness, 1565-1905
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dalton-in-Furness (Lancashire)
Parish registers for Ireleth, 1865-1909
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Ireleth (Lancashire)
Parish registers for St. John Evangelist Church, Barrow, 1876-1921
Author: Church of England. St. John Evangelist Church (Barrow, Lancashire)
Parish registers for Walney, 1744-1917
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Walney (Lancashire)
The registers of Dalton 1813-1837, Walney 1744-1858, Broughton 1634-1720, Broughton 1813-1837
Author: Dunn, Glenn S.
The registers of the parish church of Dalton-in-Furness
Author: Dickinson, Robert; Church of England. Parish Church of Dalton-in-Furness (Lancashire)
A transcript of the registers of the parish of Dalton-in-Furness
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dalton-in-Furness (Lancashire); Dunn, G. S.
England, Lancashire, Dalton-in-Furness – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Dalton in Furness, Lancashire, England
England, Lancashire, Dalton-in-Furness – Land and property ( 1 )
The coucher book of Furness Abbey
Author: Catholic Church. Abbey of Furness (Lancashire, England); Atkinson, John Christopher, 1814-1900; Brownbill, John
Administration
- County: Lancashire
- Civil Registration District: Ulverstone
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries – Furness
- Diocese: Chester
- Rural Deanery: Furness and Cartmel
- Poor Law Union: Ulverston
- Hundred: Lonsdale
- Province: York
