Walton on Thames

Walton-on-Thames is an expansive prosperous market town situated on the River Thames in the Elmbridge precinct of Surrey, England. The town itself comprises for the most part of rich rural lanes, with a memorable town focus of Celtic beginning. It is one of the biggest towns in the Elmbridge district, close by Weybridge. As indicated by the 2011 Census, the town has an aggregate populace of 22,834. It is around 15 miles from Central London, and is served by an extensive iety of transport joins. The name "Walton" is Anglo-Saxon in beginning and is related with the normal phonetic mix signifying "Briton settlement" truly, "Welsh Town" – wealas tun.

Before the Romans and the Saxons were available, a Celtic settlement was here. The most widely recognized Old English word for the Celtic occupants was the "Wealas", initially signifying "nonnatives" or "strangers". William Camden distinguished Cowey Stakes or Sale, Walton as where Julius Caesar forded the River Thames on his 2nd attack of Britain, which stakes the Venerable Bede discussed staying in his time. An angler evacuated a few stakes about thigh-width and 6 feet 1.8 m made of wood that was extremely dark and sufficiently hard to turn a hatchet, and shod with iron. He sold these to John Montagu, fifth Earl of Sandwich, who used to go to the neighboring Shepperton bank to angle, for a large portion of a guinea apiece.