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.