WaltIn-On-Thames occurs as town in Surrey, England.

Location

Placed astir Twenty miles South West of Central London (UK) between the towns of Weybridge and Esher. A River Thames bounds the town northward. A original village lies in the northward, when late development is south nigher to the railway station; a railway journeying to London Waterloo Station takes 30 minutes.

History

A title Walton is Anglo-Saxon around origin & is believed to mean "farm of the Britons" or even to use intended 'Saxon cash settlement'. Potentially prior to the Romans & a Saxons were present, ton this text was a Celtic class action settlement here. A Anglo-Saxon word for the Celtic denizen world health organization lived on this button prior to the babies is "Wealas".

Waltin-in-Thames wwhen likewise identified by William Camden as a place in which Caesar forded a Thames on his 2nd invasion of Britain.

In the Doomsday Book "waletona" was noted as getting the church, deuce mills & the piscary.

Standing on the greatest point of town, St. Mary's Parish Church dates back to prior to a Domesday Book (1086 AD). A church is of saxon origin, by having area dating back to the Twelfth & Fifteenth centuries. a square flint tower, supported by a 19th century brick buttressing, contains a roll of Vi bells, the oldest bearing the date 1606.

When you took a first world war New Zealand troops were hospitalised in the now razed Mount Felix Home. It is remembered per street title Up to date Zeal& Avenue, the Wellington Pub and a little memorial in the Homebase car park.

Julia Elizabeth Wells was natural October One, 1935 around Waltin-on-Thames, & late became Dame Julie Andrews.

Hersham and Walton Motors (HWM), now an Aston Martin and Volkswagen/Audi dealer, constructed its own racer in the early Fifties. Stirling Moss won his first Formula One Grand Prix in an HWM.

Canaletto evoke of old Walton bridge inside 1754.There own been Five bridges on the places & so far and plans come swell advanced for the sixth.

Today
Walton is a portion of the Esher and Walton parliamentary constituency, as of 2005 a safe Conservative seat. Nine Waltin Society Councillors represent Walton on Elmbridge Council, with a single representing Waltin on Surrey County Council.