Calton in 1859

CALTON, a chapelry, partly in the parish of BLORE, N. division, and partly in the parishes of CROXDEN, MAYFIELD, and WATERFALL, S. division of the hundred of TOTMONSLOW, N. division of the county of STAFFORD, 5 miles (W.N.W.) from Ashbourn; containing 244 inhabitants. It comprises about 1400 acres, of which the surface is hilly, and the soil in general rich and productive.

The river Hamps, which separates the district from Waterfall, is said to disappear at Waterhouses, and after running under ground for upwards of five miles, again to make its appearance near Ham. The Calton-Low quarries supply the material for lime to the greater part of the county.

The living is a donative, in the patronage of the inhabitants; net income, 86, with a good parsonage-house. The chapel, a small edifice, dedicated to St. Mary, has not been consecrated. 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]