Walton-on-the-Naze
Major Settlement in the Parish of Walton-le-Soken
Historical Forms
- (de) Eduluesnæsa c.940 BCS737 14th
- (to) Eadolfesnæsse 1049 ASC 11th
- (to) Eadulfesnæsse 1050 ASC 11th ASC 1052 c.1200
- (to) Ealdulfes næse 1052 ASC c.1150
- Ælduluesnasā 1086 DB
- wood of Edulvesnasa, wood of Edulvesnase c.1154 HMCix
- manerium de Edulvesnase 1181 StP
- Edulvesnasse by Waleton 1329 Misc
- Eduluenase 1235 Ass
- Edulfesnas(s)e 1274,1275 RH
- Eaddulvesnesse c.1154 HMCix
- eadulvesnasa 12th StP
- Soke of Edolfesnes 1304 HMCix
- Sokna de Edolvenesse c.1320 StP
- Adulves nasa 12th ib
- the Naisse, the Nasse 15th HakluytSoc.lxxix
- the Nase 1514,1545 LP
- the Nayse 1546 ib
- the Nesse 1671 ERxxi
- Walentonie 11th StP
- Waletun(a) 12th StP
- Waletun(a) cum Thorp 1215 PatR
- Walton(a) 12th,1181 StP 1215 ClR
- Walton c.1300 StP
- Walton at the Naase 1545 LP
- Walton in the Sooke t.Eliz ChancP
- Walton-on-the-Naze 1714 EssPRiii
- Watton atte Stone 1341 Orig
Etymology
Originally 'Eadwulf 's or Ealdwulf 's promontory,' i.e. the Naze.The name is used alike of the Naze and of the vill, the manor and the soken which included Walton, Kirby-le-Soken and Thorpe-le-Soken, three parishes that belonged to the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's, London. v. næss , socn and cf. Edulmesmere (in or near Walton) 1272Ass , also probably 'Eadwulf 's mere.'Walton is said to mean 'wall-enclosure' (v. weall , tun ), from the sea-embankment which in the end failed of its purpose, for the original church vanished beneath the waves. The early forms, however, are distinctly against this etymology and suggest a wēala -tūn , 'farm of the Britons or serfs.' For atte Stone cf. Stone Point infra .