Shrunken Settlement at Walton
Description of this historic site
The site of the shrunken settlement of Walton. It dates to the Medieval and Post Medieval periods. The site is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. It is situated to the south of Little Walton.
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Notes about this historic site
1 Documentary references to Walton exist from 12th century on.
2 A reference exists to an estate here in 1328, but Walton had no separate manorial existence after the Dissolution.
3 Walton is recorded as a ‘village’ with seven houses and two teams.
4 Three houses or farms shown.
5 Photo shows deserted village earthworks to S of modern hamlet of Walton.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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