Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Alton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Alton, par. and township with ry. sta., N. Staffordshire, 7½ m. NW. of Uttoxeter -- par., 7534 ac., pop. 2621; township, 2243 ac., pop. 1054; contains Alton Towers, the seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury.
A village in Totmonslow hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.