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 Sandal Magna

Historical Forms

  • Waleton, Waletun(a), Walet' 1086 DB 1159–80 YCh 1166 P 13 YDvii p.1229 Nost35d 1243 Fees 1298,1307 WCR
  • Walton 1252 FF 1275 WCR 1297 LS 1305 DodsN 1515 FF
  • Midle Walton 1594 FF

Etymology

'Farmstead of the Welshmen or serfs', v. Walh (gen. plur. Wala ), tūn ; cf. Introd.