. The tourist's picturesque guide to Furness Abbey and Windemere district ... at DALTON (Twenty-three and a half miles from Carnforth, and one mileand a half from Purness Abbey). Dal ton was the ancient capital of Furness, and a placeof great importance when the Abbey was at the zenithof its splendour, for it was the nearest market town towhich the monks could resort; besides, at this placethe abbots held their manorial courts and sat in judg-ment on criminal cases. The only remains of theirstrong castle is the tower on the top of the hill nearthe market-cross. It has lately been restored, and
. The tourist's picturesque guide to Furness Abbey and Windemere district ... at DALTON (Twenty-three and a half miles from Carnforth, and one mileand a half from Purness Abbey). Dal ton was the ancient capital of Furness, and a placeof great importance when the Abbey was at the zenithof its splendour, for it was the nearest market town towhich the monks could resort; besides, at this placethe abbots held their manorial courts and sat in judg-ment on criminal cases. The only remains of theirstrong castle is the tower on the top of the hill nearthe market-cross. It has lately been restored, and isused for holding the court of the Duke of Buccleuch,lord of the manor, and serves also as an armoury forthe local rifle corps. The church is remarkable for anancient stone font, said once to have belonged to Fur-ness Abbey. Dalton is supposed to have been the siteof a Eoman station. Within the last few years thetown has increased in a remarkable degree; the popula-tion now slightly exceeds 30,000. We pass through ashort tiinnel, and emerge into a pleasant vallej^, which.
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