Hayton, Cumberland

Description from T. Bulmer & Co's History, Topography and Directory of East Cumberland, 1884

History, Topography and Directory of East Cumberland, comprising Its Ancient and Modern History; A General View of its Physical Features; Agricultural Condition, Mines and Minerals; Statistics, &c., &c.
by T.F. Bulmer, T. Bulmer & Co., Manchester, 1884. Transcription by Don Noble © 1997

HAYTON.

This parish, measuring ten miles in circumference, is bounded by those of Farlam, Brampton, Castle Carrock, Cumwhitton, Wetheral, Warwick, and Irthington. The Irthing and the Gelt unite their waters in the parish. On the banks of the latter are quarries of freestone, limestone, and blue slate; and coal mines were worked in Talkin until a recent date. It is divided into four townships, viz., Little Corby, Faugh and Fenton, Hayton, and Talkin; and comprises the two manors of Hayton and Talkin. The village, bearing the same name as the township, is pleasantly situated, 2½ miles S.W. of Brampton. Near the village is a circular mound 12 feet high and 100 feet in diameter, known by the name of Castle Hill. It is depressed in the middle, and is supposed by some to have been an outpost for the defence of Edmond Castle, distant about one mile N.W., but nothing has ever been found on or near the spot to warrant such a conjecture. Little Corby is a small village and township, six miles E. by N. of Carlisle. It contains about 329 acres of rateable land, and is assessed at £731 16s. 8d. The manor is held by P. H. C. Howard, Esq., of Corby Castle, besides whom the following are also landowners in the township; R. J. Graham, Esq., Mrs. Bridget Irwin, and Mr. Charles Wannop, Langley Hall, Corby Hill. Faugh and Fenton are two small hamlets which give name to the township. Its total area, inclusive of a detached portion of six acres, is 2,408 acres, of which 2,345 acres are subject to assessment. The gross estimated rental is £5,134, and rateable value £4,808. Talkin township has a total area of 2,513 acres, of which 2,463 acres are under assessment. The gross rental is £2,441, and rateable value £2,258. Agriculture is the chief occupation of the inhabitants, but a few find employment in the neighbouring limestone and freestone quarries. A seam of coal was wrought a few years ago at Blacksyke on the Common, but it is now exhausted, and the mine laid in. The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway runs through the township. The village of Talkin is situated about two and a half miles E. by S. of Hayton. It possesses a neat church, or chapel-of-ease, erected about forty years ago by the late T. H. Graham, Esq., at a cost of £800. The same benevolent gentleman also endowed it with £65 a year, payable out of the Wiggilhill estate, a property of his adjoining the church. The sum of £10 is received yearly from the trustees of the late Earl of Carlisle. The Rev. T. Henry Irving, BA., curate of Farlam, is the present officiating clergyman.