Walton, Aylesbury
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For the other place in Buckinghamshire, see Walton, Milton Keynes.
Walton (perhaps formerly known as Walcot) is a hamlet in the parish of Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire, England. Although Aylesbury has grown to such an extent that it completely surrounds Walton by a couple of miles in each direction, the hamlet is still marked on modern maps.
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Walton Lodge, a Grade II Listed building and part of the Georgian Walton Terrace | |
Location within Buckinghamshire | |
OS grid reference | SP8213 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | AYLESBURY |
Postcode district | HP21 |
Dialling code | 01296 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
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Walton sits north of the junction between two major turnpike roads, and was once the location of a toll gate and the toll keeper's cottage. It has also, in its time, been the location of a foundlings hospital and a leper colony.