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    The Barony of Halton, in Cheshire, England, comprised a succession of 15 barons and hereditary Constables of Chester under the overlordship of the Earl...
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    the new district was inspired by the ancient Barony of Halton which had possessed land on both sides of the river. The district was established on 1 April...
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    authority. Rulers of counties palatine created their own feudal baronies, to be held directly from them in capite, such as the Barony of Halton. County palatine...
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    baronies were considered the highest rank of feudal tenure in the county and not the kingdom, such as the barony of Halton within the Palatinate of Chester...
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    of Halton, and on the childless death of her brother William fitz William, Eustace received much of the inheritance, including the barony of Halton and...
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    Cheshire (redirect from County of Chester)
    baronies within England proper. An example is the barony of Halton. One of Hugh d'Avranche's barons has been identified as Robert Nicholls, Baron of Halton...
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  • district) Halton County, Ontario Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario Halton (barony) Halton (surname) Halton Arp (1927–2013), American astronomer Halton Jupiter...
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    Feudal baron (redirect from Feudal barony)
    distinguished from the lesser barony, also feudal, which existed within a county palatine, such as the barony of Halton within the Palatinate of Chester. Such barons...
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    Runcorn (category Borough of Halton)
    against Viking invasion at a narrowing of the River Mersey. Under Norman rule, Runcorn fell under the Barony of Halton and an Augustinian abbey was established...
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    of Constable of Chester and the Barony of Halton with Halton Castle and the lordship of Donington in Leicestershire. In 1205 he purchased the barony of...
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    that of Bowland. He may have inherited the Barony of Halton. On the Queen's return to England in September 1326 with Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March...
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    the Barony of Halton which was created by the Earl of Chester, or the Irish hereditary Knight of Kerry which was created by the Earl of Desmond. Through...
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    Halton Hall was an English country house that stood in the grounds of the Halton Hall Estates and Manor for several centuries on the "right bank of the...
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    Woolton (category Areas of Liverpool)
    translating as "farm of Wulfa". Shortly after the Domesday survey, which was completed in 1086, Woolton became part of the Barony of Halton and Widnes. In 1189...
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    John fitz Richard (category Barons of Halton)
    Prior of the Knights Hospitaller in England. After the death of his father in 1163 John inherited his Barony of Halton and the Office of Constable of Chester...
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    was named Halton after the medieval Barony of Halton which had been centred on Halton Castle in Runcorn, but had included land on both sides of the Mersey...
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    Earl of Lancaster – the wealthiest and most powerful peer of the realm. He also inherited the Barony of Halton. After he participated in the Siege of Calais...
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  • of a state in the Holy Roman Empire, enjoying extensive freedom but still subject to the crown. The difference between a feudal barony and a barony by...
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    of local authorities under the Local Government Act 1972, which came into effect on 1 April 1974. The constituency name refers to the Halton barony and...
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    northwest of England. By this time the barony of Halton had passed by a series of marriages to the duchy of Lancaster. John of Gaunt, the 1st Duke of Lancaster...
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  • Richard fitz Eustace (category Barons of Halton)
    feudal Baron of Halton. Richard fitz Eustace in turn inherited the barony and constableship.[better source needed] During the reign of King Henry II...
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    Lord Sherard, Baron of Leitrim, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland in 1627. The third holder of the barony would also be named Baron Harborough (1714)...
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  • Eustace fitz John (category Barons of Halton)
    Eustace married, secondly, Agnes de Halton, daughter of William fitz Nigel. He inherited the barony of Halton through this marriage. They had two known...
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    Widnes (category Borough of Halton)
    William fitz Nigel, the second Baron of Halton. On Yorfrid's death the barony of Widnes passed to that of Halton. The current St. Luke's, a Norman church...
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    a quitclaim of land in Great Kimble, notably in Halton where a family of Montagu alias Elot held land from about 1440 to 1610. A line of Montagus found...
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    the tythes of the lands of Woodhill also in the barony of Barry and lordship of Balmerino, a third part of the house and lands of Halton of Craigie, or...
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    (1170–1211), Baron of Pontefract, Lord of Bowland, Lord of Blackburnshire, Baron of Halton, Constable of Chester, Sheriff of Yorkshire and Sheriff of Cumberland...
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    a quitclaim of land in Great Kimble, notably in Halton where a family of Montagu alias Elot held land from about 1440 to 1610. A line of Montagus found...
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  • Castlefields (3); renamed Halton Castle in 2009 Daresbury (2) Ditton (3) Farnworth (3) Grange (3) Hale (1) Halton Brook (3) Halton Lea (3) Halton View (3) Heath...
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    de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (c. 1251 – February 1311), Baron of Pontefract, Lord of Bowland, Baron of Halton and hereditary Constable of Chester, was an...
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