Walton
English
Etymology
Variously from Old English weall (“wall”) or wealh (“Celt, Welshman”) + tūn (“settlement”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɔːltən/, /ˈwɒltən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Walton
- A surname.
- Place names in Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the USA.
- A city in Boone County and Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.
- A town and village in Delaware County, New York, United States.
- A number of places in England, including:
- A suburb and civil parish (with a community council) in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8936). [1]
- A northern suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1702). [2]
- A suburb of the City of Liverpool, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3694).
- A hamlet in Eccleshall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8527). [3]
- A suburban area in Stone parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9033). [4]
- A village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3517). [5]
- A settlement in Waikato, New Zealand. [6]
- Counties in Florida and Georgia, see Walton County.
- Clipping of Walton-on-Thames.
- Clipping of Walton-on-the-Naze.
Derived terms
- Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
- Cockcroft-Walton generator
- Cockcroft-Walton multiplier
- Frinton and Walton
- Lincrusta-Walton
- Mirhosseini-Holmes-Walton syndrome
- Walton County
- Waltonian
- Walton-on-Thames
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Walton-on-the-Naze
- Walton-on-Trent
- Wood Walton, Woodwalton