Walton

Other current and historical names

Waltone

Built-Up Area: Walton
Parish/Community: Kimcote and Walton
District/Borough: Harborough
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°28'40"N 1°7'29"W
Eastings/Northings: 459532, 287009
OS Grid: SP595870
Mapcode Local: GBR 8PD.QDC
Mapcode Global: VHCT7.GZ4D

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, township, Knaptoft par., Leicestershire, 4 miles NE. of Lutterworth, pop. 174; P.O.

Walton in the Domesday Book

A village in Guthlaxton hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Harding son of Alnoth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Aubrey of Coucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Norman of Hallaton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1070; £1 5/- in 1086
- Households: 10 freemen
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 furlong

British Place Names

Walton, Leicestershire

Walton is a village in Leicestershire

Walton in historic gazetteers

Walton in the Domesday Book