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 Kimcote and Walton

Historical Forms

  • Waltone 1086 DB
  • Walton 1160×1200 Rey 1202 Cur e.13 Wyg
  • ~ iuxta Kynemundecot' c.1290 Rey
  • ~ iuxta Kynemundecotes l.13 Wyg
  • ~ negh' Kymcoyte 1538 Ferrers
  • Waltona e.13 Wyg
  • Waltun 1367 Rey 1380 Wyg
  • Waleton 1199 ChR 1209×35 RHug
  • Wauton 1243 Fees 1268 Misc
  • Wollton 1679 Terrier

Etymology

'The farmstead or village of the Britons or (British) serfs', v. walh (wala gen.pl.), tūn . Affixes with MLat  iuxta 'next to' and ME  nighe 'near'.