In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Caton like this:
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.
Caton through time
Caton is now part of Lancaster district. Click here for graphs and data of how Lancaster has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Caton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Caton, in Lancaster and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10039
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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