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Barnston appears in the Domesday Book as 'Bernestone', then held by William Fitz-Nigel, second Baron of Halton.
In the background on Calton Hill stands the unfinished monument to the Scottish dead of the Napoleonic Wars.
The building was used briefly in the 1980s to house the Halton Chemical Industry Museum.
On the right-hand corner with Dalton Road is Saxone Shoes, now Thomas Cook.
Bus shelters, one with a shopper waiting, occupy Tudor Square, once called Bally Green, at the end of Market Street, which is Dalton's main shopping street.
This fine view shows Lancaster's new town hall, seen from Dalton Square.
Lydford was once an important halt on the South Western Railway, which skirted round Dartmoor to the north and passed through Tavistock and Bere Alston on its way to Plymouth.
At the centre of Dalton Square stands a bronze statue of Queen Victoria guarded by four lions, given to the city by Lord Ashton.
Today the maintenance of the bridge and its approach roads consume about a third of Halton's entire highways budget.
There has been a great deal of concern locally following the severe decline of old Runcorn that resulted from all the investment in the new town development around Halton Lea.
During the Civil War in the 1600s Halton Castle was besieged and subsequently 'slighted' - in other words it was damaged to such an extent that it could not be refortified.
The first ferry was established in 1178 by the baron who owned Halton Castle on the southern side of the estuary.
Commanding an excellent viewpoint, Halton Castle was first built as a wooden castle soon after the Norman invasion of England.
The corpora- tion started making plans to move out of the old town hall as early as 1898, and bought a site in Dalton Square.
West Quay was always the visitors' favourite, with its ice cream shop, cafe, fresh fish shop and the Dalton Arms.
A vast 450-acre greenfield site at Dalton was acquired for the construction of the new works.
Among its treasures were copies of the Elgin Marbles, presented by George IV, and a statue of John Dalton in marble.
