Walton, Wakefield

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St Paul's Church, Walton
St Paul's Church, Walton

Walton is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near Wakefield. It is on the Barnsley Canal and includes Walton Hall, West Yorkshire, the home of Charles Waterton, the man who made Walton Hall into the first nature reserve in the country, and who invented the bird nesting box.