English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Walton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Walton

Historical Forms

  • Waletune 1086 DB
  • Waletona, Waleton(e) 1183 P c.1200 RegAnt 1208 FF 1224 RegAnt
  • Waleton(e) iuxta Cestrefeld 1323 Ass
  • Valeton 1276 RH
  • Walenthone, Walenthona 1101–8 RegLich a.1108 Dugd
  • Walletona e.13th RegAnt
  • Walton(e) 1243 Fees 1249 Ipm c.1272 RegAnt 1278 Ipm

Etymology

'Farm of the Welshmen or serfs', v. walh , tūn ; cf. Walton upon Trent infra 667.