Walton East
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- not to be confused with East Walton.
| Walton East | |
| Welsh: Waltwn | |
| Population | 250+ |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | |
| Principal area | Pembrokeshire |
| Ceremonial county | Dyfed |
| Constituent country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CLARBESTON ROAD |
| Postcode district | SA63 |
| Dialling code | 01437 |
| Police | Dyfed-Powys |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| European Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Pembrokeshire | |
Walton East (Welsh: Waltwn[1]) is a parish in the hundred of Dungleddy situated in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales. Walton East is 2 miles south-west of Llys y Fran and 1½ miles north of Clarbeston Road.
[edit] History
Walton East was formerly constituted a part of the ample possessions of the commandery of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem at Slebech, to which establishment it was given by its Norman proprietor, Walter de Wale, from whom it derived its name Wale's town, or Walton.
Owen in 1602 placed it on the English side of the language boundary, but in the 19th and 20th centuries it was a mainly Welsh-speaking community.
[edit] St Mary's Church
The church, dedicated to St. Mary, consists only of a nave, without either tower or spire.
[edit] Notes
- ^ B G Charles, Placenames of Pembrokeshire, NLoW, 1992, p 454
