Dalton is a village and civil parish in the former Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England.

[2] Dalton had 10.2 households in 1066 which is quite a small amount in comparison to other parishes according to the Domesday book.

The total tax assessed is 5.2 geld units, which is quite large for a parish.

Dalton had 15 ploughlands, one mill, one church and four furlongs worth of woodland.

[3] In 1086 Dalton was a berewick (outlying estate) of Topcliffe, and by the 15th century was known as a manor.

Until the 19th century it remained a township of the large ancient parish of Topcliffe in the wapentake of Birdforth in the North Riding of Yorkshire.

[4] In 1870, John Marius Wilson recorded:[5] Dalton, a township in Topcliffe parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the Great North of England railway, 4¼ miles S of Thirsk.

[9] In 1881 the main profession for females was domestic services or offices, by 2011 this had changed to 16 women being Managers and Senior professionals.