National Gazetteer (1868) - Halton

"HALTON, (or Halton-chesters), a township in the parish of Corbridge, E. division of Tynedale ward, county Northumberland, 5 miles N.E. of Hexham, and 2¼ N.W. of Corbridge railway station. It is situated near Halton-Chesters, or Hunnum of the Notilia, on the Wall, where Roman coins and foundations of buildings have been discovered. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the vicarage of Corbridge. The church was rebuilt in 1706, and is a chapel-of-ease to Corbridge. Halton Tower, the seat of the Haltons and Carnabys, is an ancient building with four towers. In it is preserved a sword 64 inches in length. Sir Edward Blackett, Bart., is lord of the manor, and sole landowner.