Walton (historically) was a hamlet that is now a district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England.^[1]

The historic hamlet is located about four miles south of Central Milton Keynes and just east of Simpson, mostly along Walton Road in the modern Walnut Tree district. The modern H9 Groveway grid road severs a few of its houses into Walton Hall and the V10 Brickhill Street separates the Manor Farm into Walton grid square, where it is now a research centre for Hoechst.

The village name is a common one in England, and is an Old English language word, meaning either 'village of the Britons' (wale being a word meaning Briton) or 'walled village'. The village is first recorded (in the 12th century) as Wauton^[2]

The manor house of the village, (Walton Hall) and its chapel of ease, now deconsecrated, are in the grounds of The Open University, in the Walton Hall district.

[edit] Modern Walton

The modern Walton district is a light-industrial and residential district on the banks of the River Ouzel, a tributary of the Great Ouse and on the other side of Brickhill Street from the hamlet that gives it its name. It is largely the grounds of Walton Manor Farm. The other village farm, Walnut Tree Farm, still exists and the Walnut Tree district is on its lands.

[edit] Districts of Walton civil parish

The civil parish of Walton includes the districts of Browns Wood, Caldecotte, Old Farm Park, Tilbrook, Tower Gate, Walton, Walton Hall, Walton Park, Walnut Tree and Wavendon Gate. Caldecotte Lake is one of the more significant geographic features, extending from Caldecotte and Walton Park.

Walton Parish Council [1] is the first tier of local government serving those living, attending and working in this area of Milton Keynes. The Parish Council is responsible for the estates and villages of Browns Wood, Caldecotte, Old Farm Park, Tilbrook, Walnut Tree, Walton Hall, Walton Park and Wavendon Gate.

[edit] "Walnut Tree" and "Browns Wood" ONS Urban sub-areas

The Office of National Statistics has designated^[3] urban sub-areas called "Walnut Tree Urban sub-area" and "Browns Wood Urban sub-area" that are far bigger than the districts of that name. The Walnut Tree and Browns Wood urban sub-areas together approximate to that part of the former Newport Pagnell Rural District that is west of the River Ouzel and east of the M1).

The districts included in the Walnut Tree urban sub-area are Walton, Walnut Tree, Wavendon Gate, Walton Hall, Kents Hill, Brinklow, Monkston, Kingston, Middleton (Milton Keynes Village), Broughton, Northfield and Pineham. Browns Wood has a separate urban sub-area, presumably becuase it was a later phase of development.

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Coordinates: 52°01′N 0°42′W / 52.02°N 0.70°W / 52.02; -0.70