Caton
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CATON, a township, a chapelry, and a subdistrict in Lancaster district, Lancashire. The township lies on the river Lune and the Midland railway, 4¼ miles NE of Lancaster; is in Lancaster parish; includes Littledale hamlet; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Lancaster. Acres, 8,373. Real property, £6,683. Pop., 1,160. Houses, 223. The property is much subdivided. A rising ground commands a noble view, much praised by the poet Gray, of the valley of the Lune, backed by Ingleborough mountain. Coal and slate are found; and the cotton manufacture is carried on. The chapelry comprises all the township, except Littledale hamlet. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £100.* Patron, the Vicar of Lancaster. The church was rebuilt in 1864. There are Independent and Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £20. The subdistrict contains also Quernmoor township and Claughton parish. Pop., 1,817. Houses, 346.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Lancaster library.Cemeteries
- St Paul, Caton Green Road, Church of England
- Congregational, Littledale
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Caton.Church History
Church Records
- Artlebeck Rd, Baptist
- St Ann, Littledale Rd, Church of England
- St Paul, Caton Green Road, Church of England
- Congregational
- Congregational, Littledale
- Primitive Methodist
- Our Lady Immaculate, Station Road, Roman Catholic
- Brookhouse Rd, Wesleyan Methodist, Brookhouse
- Brookhouse Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
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