PICTON is a township of Kirk Levington, with a station on the North Eastern railway, 2 miles southwest from Kirk Levington and 4 south from Yarm. ln old records it is written “Pyketon” (Peaktown), and belonged to a family of the same name in the reign of Edward I. It was afterwards the property of the Thwengs. A small church, dedicated to St. Hilary, was erected in 1910, and serves as a mission church to St. Martin’s, Kirk Levington. There is a Wesleyan chapel, built in 1856 and rebuilt in 1875. Here is a racecourse, where meetings are held three times a year. The area is 1,004 acres of land, belonging to various owners; rateable value, £4,372; the population in 1911 was 155.