Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Halton

Halton, township and ry. sta., Runcorn par., mid. Cheshire, 3 miles NE. of Frodsham, 1896 ac. and 311 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 1439; P.O.; contains the ruins of Halton Castle.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Halton CP/Ch       Runcorn CP/AP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Halton

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