Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Walton

Walton, township and vil. (ry. sta. Sandal and Walton), Sandal Magna par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - par., 1824 ac., pop. 621; vil., 3 miles SE. of Wakefield; P.O.; Walton Hall, seat, is 1 mile from the sta., and contains a fine museum open to the public.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Sandal Magna CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Walton

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