Walton-on-Thames

51.386797 - 0.413394Koordinaten: 51 ° 23 ' N, 0 ° 25' W

Walton-on -Thames is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey in South East England. It lies on the south bank of the River Thames, which is spanned here since the mid -18th century by the multiple newly built Walton Bridge, and has a population of about 22.834 inhabitants.

The place was already settled by the Celts. The British archaeologist William Camden said here to have mistakenly identified the location where Julius Caesar during his second invasion of the Thames crossed The city's name is Anglo-Saxon, the city is in Doomesday Book as " Waletona " mentioned.

Sons and daughters of the city

  • Katie Archibald (* 1994), Track Cycling activist
  • Julie Andrews ( born 1935 ), actress
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