| Walton | |
|---|---|
 Walton Hall, the former manor house of Walton. | |
  Walton  Walton Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Population | 12,100 (2021 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP854388 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MILTON KEYNES |
| Postcode district | MK7 |
| Dialling code | 01908 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Walton was historically a hamlet and now a district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.[2] For local government purposes, it is part of the Danesborough and Walton electoral ward. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 12,100.[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 off into the Walton grid square. The Manor Farm has been redeveloped, first into a research centre for Hoechst and subsequently as the UK headquarters of MSD Animal Health.[3]
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.[4]
Walton Hall, the manor house of the village, and its chapel of ease (now deconsecrated) are in the campus grounds of The Open University, in the Walton Hall district.
- ^ a b "Walton". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Contact your parish, town or community council". Milton Keynes Council. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "MSD Animal Health receives 'breakthrough of the year' award for EXZOLT® at BFREPA conference". 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
Intervet UK Ltd trading as MSD Animal Health. Registered office Walton Manor, Walton
- ^ Page, William, ed. (1927). "Parishes : Walton". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 4. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. pp. 485–489.