Walton, Leeds

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Walton is a village in Thorp Arch, Leeds

Built-Up Area: Thorp Arch
Parish/Community: Walton
Unitary Authority: Leeds
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°55'26"N 1°19'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 444306, 447738
OS Grid: SE443477
Mapcode Local: GBR MR52.K4
Mapcode Global: WHDB1.LMDQ

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Walton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Walton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Walton, par. and township, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 2½ m. SE. of Wetherby - par., 1070 ac., pop. 194; township (extending into Wighill par.), 1447 ac., pop. 194.

Walton in the Domesday Book

A village in Ainsty hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, six
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Osbern of Arques
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osbern of Arques
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 acres

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British Place Names

Walton, Leeds

Walton is a village in Thorp Arch, Leeds

Walton in historic gazetteers

Walton in the Domesday Book