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Walton-on-Thames.org Welcome to Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
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The name Walton is Anglo-Saxon in origin and is believed to mean "farm of the Britons" or to have meant Saxon settlement. Even before the Romans and the Saxons were present, there was a Celtic settlement here. The Anglo-Saxon word for the Celtic inhabitants who lived here before them is "Wealas". Walton-on-Thames was also identified by William Camden as the place where Caesar forded the Thames on his second invasion of Britain. In the Doomsday survey "waletona" was noted as having a church, two mills and a fishery. Modern Walton-on-Thames in the North-West of Surrey is a thriving town with a large population |
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