Halton-with-Aughton

54.077205 - 2.763258Koordinaten: 54 ° 5 ' N, 2 ° 46 ' W

Halton -on-Lune is a place in Lancashire, England. The place is generally described as Halton. Along with the hamlet of Aughton, it forms the civil parish of Halton -with- Aughton. The civil parish has 2306 inhabitants ( 2001).

Halton is mentioned as attitudes in the Doomsday Book, but already it had previously importance as it Earl Tostig 's brother Harold II belonged. After the death of Earl Tostigs and the Norman conquest of England, the importance of the place changed. Situated 5 km west of Lancaster located on the nobility practiced a greater attraction than residence gets. Nevertheless, the strategic importance of the site was obtained directly on the River Lune. In Halton there are the remains of a fortress from the 12th century. The attachment had been on a man-made hill, a moth, built, whose base now has a diameter of 95 m and a height of 3.20 m, the surface of the Castle Hill has a diameter of 11 m. On the plateau, an observation post was set up in 1939 and later erected a flagpole, which have further destroyed the heavily damaged hills. The castle is one of several castles in the valley of the River Lune, which no longer exist today, but which was once considered an important line of defense against invasions from the north to England, via the mountain pass of Shap Summit and then along the course of the River Lune at Tebay could be accomplished, protected and still demonstrate the frontier nature of the area after the Norman conquest. With the growth of the importance of Lancaster, but dwindled more and more the importance of the fortress in Halton and the facility was eventually give up.

The Church of St Wilfrid's in Halton has its origins in vornormannischer time. The present church building is from the 19th century and the church tower from the 16th century. The church is a Grade II listed building. On the church grounds is an Anglo - Saxon high cross made of sandstone that represents the Sigurd legend. The cross, which is a residual of less than 50 in the north of England crosses of this kind, is a protected monument ( scheduled monument).

Until 1966, the Halton railway station on the former "Little " North Western Railway and the railway Leeds - Morecambe was operated. Trains between Leeds and Morecambe go now on a different route and the old route was converted to bike and hiking trail.