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Civil parish in Cheshire, England

Human settlement in England

Walton
Walton Hall
WaltonLocation within Cheshire
Population	1,594 (2001)
OS grid reference	SJ5984
Civil parish	Walton
District	Warrington
Shire county	Cheshire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Warrington
Postcode district	WA4
Dialling code	01925

Police	Cheshire
Fire	Cheshire
Ambulance	North West

UK Parliament	Warrington South
List of places UK England Cheshire 53°21′20″N 2°36′31″W / 53.3555°N 2.6085°W / 53.3555; -2.6085

Walton is a civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is located at the southwest edge of the town of Warrington, next to the parish of Stockton Heath. It is also close to Daresbury and Moore, although these are in the neighbouring borough of Halton. Walton is part of the council ward of Hatton, Stretton and Walton. In 2001 the parish had a population of 1594.

Walton is divided into Lower Walton and Higher Walton. Higher Walton is south-west of Lower Walton, and is the location of Walton Hall. The estate of Walton Hall and its surrounding gardens, previously owned by the Greenall family, was bought by Warrington Borough Council in 1941 and is now a park with a zoo and municipal golf course.

Walton shares its annual church walking day parade with Stockton Heath. The nearest schools are Stockton Heath Primary School and Bridgewater High School.

History

The name Walton comes from settlement/farmstead of Wealas - native Celts which is what the new Anglo Saxon speaking peoples called the native inhabitants of England. There is strong evidence that in many areas of England taken over by Germanic speaking settlers, the native British (Wealas) remained undisturbed, farming the same land they did when the Romans left. Over time they just adopted or forgot their Celtic tongue (similar to Old Welsh/Cornish) for the language and culture of the newcomers in order to climb the social ladder or were coerced to do so. It was in the Anglo Saxon interest that the native British carry on as usual to ensure the economy produced food and goods for the new landowners.

Higher Walton was the site of a railway accident. On 29 June 1867 two trains collided at Walton Junction due to signal error. The collision killed eight people and injured 73.

The parish was formed on 1 April 1936 from Acton Grange, Walton Superior and Walton Inferior.

References

"Walton Hall & Gardens".
"Accident at Walton Junction on 29th June 1867 :: The Railways Archive".
"Relationships and changes Walton CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

v t e The Borough of Warrington, Cheshire
Principal settlements	Warrington
Civil parishes	Appleton Birchwood Burtonwood and Westbrook Croft Cuerdley Culcheth and Glazebury Grappenhall and Thelwall Great Sankey Hatton Lymm Penketh Poulton-with-Fearnhead Rixton-with-Glazebrook Stockton Heath Stretton Walton Winwick Woolston
Unparished areas	Warrington

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