Geoffrey Hodgson (2008) argues that the Viking invasion of the area accounts for the relatively high frequency of the Hodgson surname in Caton and elsewhere in Lonsdale.
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The poet Thomas Gray wrote "every feature which constitutes a perfect landscape of the extensive sort is here not only boldly marked, but in its best position".
Michael Caton | ''Caton'' | ''Politics in an Oyster House'' (1848) by Richard Caton Woodville | Lauderic Caton | 'Charge of the Light Brigade', Painting by Richard Caton Woodville | Caton with Littledale | 'All That Was Left of Them' by Richard Caton Woodville |
It is situated overlooking the Crook of Lune south of the road from Lancaster to Caton and Hornby, near where the Escow Beck from which it takes its name, flows into the River Lune.