Walton, Milton Keynes

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Walton (historically) was a hamlet that is now a district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, England

The historic hamlet is located about four miles south of Central Milton Keynes, in the modern Walton Tree district (at Walton Road).

The village name is a common one in England, and is Anglo Saxon in origin, meaning either 'village of the Britons' (wale being a word meaning Briton) or 'walled village'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Waletone.

The manor house (Walton Hall) and its chapel of ease, now , are in the grounds of The Open University, in the Walton Hall district.

The modern Walton district is a light-industrial and residential district on the banks of the Ouzel, a tributary of the Great Ouse and on the other side of Brickhill Street from the hamlet that gives it its name. It is largely the grounds of Walton Manor Farm. The other village farm, Waltnut Tree Farm, still exists and the Walnut Tree district is on its lands.

Civil Parish

The civil parish of Walton includes the districts of Browns Wood, Caldecotte, Old Farm Park, Tilbrook, Tower Gate, Walton, Walton Hall, Walton Park, Walnut Tree and Wavendon Gate.

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