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Halton

British  
/ ˈhɔːltən /

noun

  1. a unitary authority in NW England, in N Cheshire. Pop: 118 400 (2003 est). Area: 75 sq km (29 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Reform UK has been picking up seats in former Labour heartlands in the north of England and the Midlands, including Wigan, Bolton, Salford and Halton.

From BBC May 8, 2026

Crenshaw 76, Fremont 41: Jeremiah Blackmon scored 16 points and Chris Halton 15 for Crenshaw.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 18, 2024

The Halton Regional Police Service was alerted to the insect swarm at 6:15 a.m. local time on Wednesday, according to the privately owned Canadian national news agency, the Canadian Press.

From Washington Times Aug. 31, 2023

Halton Region Police Chief Steve Tanner said Thursday that a 28-year-old international exchange student working part-time at the auto shop is on life support and is “not expected to survive.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 15, 2022

The astronomer Halton Arp has found enigmatic and disturbing cases where a galaxy and a quasar, or a pair of galaxies, that are in apparent physical association have very different red shifts.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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