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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
- Copy Lane, Congregational
- Congregational, Littledale
- Brookhouse Rd, Methodist, Brookhouse
- Moorside Rd, Primitive Methodist
- Our Lady Immaculate, Station Road, Roman Catholic
- Brookhouse Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Caton area is Lancaster.Description and Travel
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In 1835 Caton was a township in the parish of Lancaster.Maps
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Poor Houses, Poor Law
The Workhouse site has an interesting description of Caton workhouse.Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Caton was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Richmond are held at the Lancashire Record Office.Societies
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