Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WALTON

WALTON, a township, with a village, in Sandall-Magna parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles SE by S of Wakefield. Acres, 1,810. Real property, £3,080. Pop., 471. Houses, 104. W. Hall, W. House, and Refuge House are chief residences; and the first is the seat of the naturalist, Waterton, Esq.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a township, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Walton

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