St Wilfrid's Church, Halton-on-Lune

Before the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Halton was the centre of a large manor that belonged to Earl Tostig Godwinson. There is evidence of a Christian site at Halton and there was probably an Anglo-Saxon minster there. There may have been a connection to Bishop Wilfrid ( – c. 709) and certainly by 1252, there was a church dedicated to St Wilfrid. Until the early 18th century, the advowson (the right to appoint a parish priest) belonged to the lord of the manor. A tower was built in the 16th century. The church (excluding the tower) was rebuilt in 1792. The current structure was built 1876–77 by Lancaster-based architecture firm Paley and Austin. The 16th-century tower remains. The…

Internally, the tower measures 12 ft square. It has a ring of three bells. Inside the tower there are some remains of Anglo Saxon sculpture. The nave measures 49 ft by 18 ft. It is accessed from the tower through a segmental arch with a single chamfered order. The nave has four bays. The chancel measures 25 ft by 18 ft. It contains an organ chamber and a vestry. Stained glass in the church includes images of Joan of Arc and Saint George by Lancaster-based firm Shrigley and Hunt. There is a baptismal font dating from 1848.