Place:


Walton on the Wolds  Leicestershire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Walton on the Wolds like this:

WALTON-ON-THE-WOLDS, a parish in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester; 2 miles NE of Barrow-upon-Soar r. station. Post town, Loughborough. Acres, 1,720. Real property, £2,087. Pop., 221. Houses, 57. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £450.* Patron, Mrs. Packe. The church is good.

Walton on the Wolds through time

Walton on the Wolds is now part of Charnwood district. Click here for graphs and data of how Charnwood has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Walton on the Wolds itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Walton on the Wolds, in Charnwood and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11358

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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