Walton on the Wolds

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Walton on the Wolds
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Walton on the Wolds
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Population288 
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  • Walton on the Wolds
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Post town Loughborough
Postcode district LE12
Dialling code 01509
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52°46′21″N1°07′23″W / 52.7725°N 1.122917°W / 52.7725; -1.122917 Coordinates: 52°46′21″N1°07′23″W / 52.7725°N 1.122917°W / 52.7725; -1.122917

Walton on the Wolds is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. [1] In the United Kingdom Census 2011 the parish had a population of 288. [2] It is near to Burton on the Wolds and Barrow upon Soar. It was the location of one series of Boon , starring Neil Morrissey. The series used the Tudor house, Kings Cote, as Boon's house.

The name Walton is derived from the settlement or farmstead of Wealas - native Celts, which is what the new Anglo Saxon speaking peoples called the native inhabitants of England.

The village has an Anglican church called St Mary's.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 129 Nottingham & Loughborough (Melton Mowbray) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN   9780319231623.
  2. "Area: Walton on the Wolds (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

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