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

  • Walitone 1086 DB
  • Walleton e.13 Heal54 13 Ch 1310
  • Waleton, Waletune 1086 DB 1154–69 Tockw 1180–90 YCh538 e.13 Heal43d,58d 1225 Ebor 1246 Ass39 1251 FF 1310 Ch
  • Walton 1251 Ass 1254 Heal42 1260 YI 1258 KI 1536 MinAcct
  • Est Walton 1542 YkCR

Etymology

'Farmstead of the Welshmen or serfs', v. walh , tūn ; cf. Introd.