Walton on the Wolds

Walton on the Wolds is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood, Leicestershire with about 250 inhabitants. In the village is built in the 1739 St. Mary's Church, which replaced a dilapidated church of 1221. Etymologically, the name probably derives from Walton Wealas, which the Anglo-Saxons called the Celtic aborigines.

The location is just south of Burton on the Wolds and north-east of Barrow upon Soar.

Sons and daughters

  • Augustus Charles Hobart, a British officer in the service of the Ottoman Empire
Civil parishes in England Borough of Charnwood Etymology Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden
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