Dalton, west North Yorkshire explained

Official Name:Dalton
Country:England
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Static Image Name:Dalton North Yorkshire.JPG
Static Image Caption:Looking through Dalton
Population:181
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Os Grid Reference:NZ114084
Coordinates:54.471°N -1.8244°W
Post Town:RICHMOND
Postcode Area:DL
Postcode District:DL11
Dial Code:01833
Constituency Westminster:Richmond

Dalton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire in England.[1] [2] 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, increasing to 181 at the 2011 Census.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.[3]

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.[4]

Dalton Hall, north-west of the village, dates from the 15th century.[5] Dalton Mill was built in the early 18th century and operated until the 1920s.

In 1835, an allowance of £40 was given to the schoolmaster by the Kirby-Ravensworth hospital for the education of the poor children.[6] By 1890, there was a mixed school attended by 50 students.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 92 Barnard Castle & Richmond (Teesdale). 9780319228982 . Ordnance Survey. 2011.
  2. Web site: Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer . csv (download) . 1 January 2016 . Ordnance Survey . www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 18 February 2016.
  3. Book: A Dictionary of British Place Names. A. D.. Mills. Oxford University Press. Oxford. first published 1991. 2011. First edition revised 2011. 9780199609086. 146 .
  4. Web site: Hinson. Colin. Kirkby Ravensworth: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1890.. Bulmer's History and Directory of North Yorkshire (1890). 26 April 2013.
  5. Book: A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 . 1914 . Victoria County History . London . 11 July 2024.
  6. Web site: Hinson. Colin. Kirkby Ravensworth. Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835. 26 April 2013.
  7. Web site: Hinson. Colin. Kirkby Ravensworth: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1890.. Bulmer's History. 26 April 2013.