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Dalton-in-Furness
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A market town in the North Lonsdale parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, 4 m. N.E. by N. of Barrow-in-Furness by the Furness railway. Pop. of urban district (1901) 13,020. The church of St Mary is in the main a modern reconstruction, but retains ancient fragments and a font believed to have belonged to Furness Abbey. This fine ruin lies 3 m. south of Dalton (see Furness). St Mary's churchyard contains the tomb of the painter George Romney, a native of the town. Of Dalton Castle there remains a square tower, showing decorated windows. Here was held the manorial court of Furness Abbey. There are numerous iron-ore mines in the parish, and ironworks at Askam-in-Furness, in the northern part of the district.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dalton-in-Furness'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/dalton-in-furness.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dalton-in-Furness'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/dalton-in-furness.html. 1910.
