Colton nr. Ulverston / Coleton / Coulton

No individual entry for this Colton found in the Domesday survey. Whitaker (1823) writes: "In the Liger Regis, the church of Coltin is stated to be dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and have belonged to Furness Abbey", suggesting that it may have been a chapel of ease to one of the its churches. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Lancaster, vol. 8, 1914) notes: "Nothing is known of the origin of the chapel at Colton. It is mentioned in a complaint against the Abbot of Furness in 1530 [...] The building may have been erected about 1530 on the site of an older building, (fn. 31) while the tower may have been added at the beginning of the 17th century, [...] but is of the same plain character as the rest of the building, having nothing in its appearance suggesting a later date. [...] In dismantling the church in 1889 the bowl of the ancient font was discovered upside down, used as the base of an 18th-century font then in use bearing the initials of the four churchwardens of 1717–18. [...] The old font, which is octagonal in plan and of red sandstone, apparently of early 16th-century date, was rechiselled and is now restored to use." The present font in this church appears modern, but it must be the re-chislled one mentioned in the VCH entry above.