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Walton on the Wolds | |
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Village sign | |
Location within Leicestershire | |
Population | 288 |
Civil parish |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Loughborough |
Postcode district | LE12 |
Dialling code | 01509 |
Police | Leicestershire |
Fire | Leicestershire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
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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