Walton
English
Etymology
Variously from Old English weall (“wall”) or wealh (“Celt, Welshman”) + tūn (“settlement”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɒl.tən/, /ˈwɔːl.-/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔl.tən/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈwɑl.-/
Proper noun
Walton
- A surname.
- 2023 December 5, Athena Jones, “Efforts to close gender interest gap in STEM must be stepped up, Gen Z survey shows”, in CNN[1]:
- Despite wide efforts to encourage more girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM, a new survey from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation found Gen Z girls significantly lag behind boys in the level of interest expressed in STEM subjects, suggesting more must be done to close the gender gap.
- Place names in Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the USA.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A township in Harvey County, Kansas.
- A city in Boone County and Kenton County, Kentucky.
- A township in Eaton County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Fife Lake Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
- A town and village in Delaware County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
- An unincorporated community in Van Zandt County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
- A place in Canada:
- A village in the Municipal District of East Hants, Hants County, Nova Scotia.
- A hamlet in Huron County, Ontario.
- A number of places in England:
- A suburb of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8213).
- A suburb and civil parish (with a community council) in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8936). [1]
- A northern suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1702). [2]
- A village and civil parish in Cumberland district, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY5264). [3]
- A southern suburb of Chesterfield borough, with a small portion in Holymoorside and Walton parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3669).
- A village in Kimcote and Walton parish, Harborough district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SP5987).
- A suburb of the City of Liverpool, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3694). [4]
- A hamlet in Onibury parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4679).
- A settlement in Ercall Magna parish, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5818).
- A village and civil parish west of Street, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST4636). [5]
- A hamlet in Eccleshall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8527).
- A suburban area in Stone parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9033).
- A northern suburb of Felixstowe, East Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM2935).
- A small settlement in Wellesbourne and Walton parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP2853)
- A village and civil parish east of Wetherby, City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4447). [6]
- A village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3517). [7]
- A small settlement in Old Radnor community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO2559).
- A settlement in Waikato, New Zealand. [8]
- A number of places in the United States:
- Counties in Florida and Georgia, see Walton County.
- Clipping of Walton-on-Thames.
- Clipping of Walton-on-the-Naze.
Derived terms
- Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
- Cockcroft-Walton generator
- Cockcroft-Walton multiplier
- Frinton and Walton
- Holymoorside and Walton
- Kimcote and Walton
- Lincrusta-Walton
- Mirhosseini-Holmes-Walton syndrome
- Walton County
- Waltonian
- Walton-on-Thames
- Walton-on-the-Hill
- Walton-on-the-Naze
- Walton-on-Trent
- Wellesbourne and Walton
- Wood Walton, Woodwalton
References
- List of United Kingdom locations: Wa-Wal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia