Helton, Cumbria

Helton is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria.

Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.

[1] The village is situated on a steep slope running down from the limestone fells to the flood plain of the River Lowther.

[2] A Wesleyan chapel was built in Helton in c.1857 and is a Grade II listed building,[3] now converted for residential use .

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