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East of Walton-on-the-Hill are Shugborough Hall (4 km) and Milford (1 km). There is a local leisure and equestrian hotspot. To the west there is a small shopping centre. Walton-on-the-Hill also features St Thomas Church which was finished and dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle as a chapel of ease in 1842. Although St Thomas’ Church did not ...
"Mr Lloyd George's House, Walton-on-the-Hill" Pinfold Manor is a seven-bedroom Edwardian villa in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England.It was one of several houses built on land donated by Sir George Riddell, owner of the News of the World, to prominent politicians from the Liberal Party.
Walton-on-the-Hill was called Waltone in Domesday Book of 1086. It was held by John from Richard Fitz Gilbert. Its Domesday assets were: 2 hides and 1 virgate. It had 5½ ploughs, 1 house in Southwark. It rendered £6. [8] There is an early post-conquest motte within the grounds of Walton Place, the remains of a timber castle. [9]
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, England ... Wall, Walton-on-the-Hill, Waterfall, Waterhouses, Weeford ...
Walton Hall was a 17th-century historic country house, set in a 300-acre (1.2 km 2) estate, which was demolished in the early 20th century. [1] Sometimes referred to as Walton Old Hall, it was situated at the centre of the Walton Hall Park in Walton (formerly Walton-on-the-Hill), Liverpool. [2]
Kinver Edge: A National Trust property, located in the south of the district which features the Holy Austin Rock Houses. [18] Shoal Hill Common: A 180-acre (0.73 km 2) site of lowland heaths and woodlands which can be found to the extreme north of the district. Bunkers Tree Wood is also in the area and contains a large Corvid roost.
The estate was acquired for £100,000 in 1765 by Sir George Pigot, ( Baron Pigot from 1766), on his retirement as Governor of Madras. The Pigot family sold the property to William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth in 1848, whose son and heir Viscount Lewisham took residence.
Stourton is a hamlet in South Staffordshire, England 2.5 miles to the northwest of Stourbridge. There is a fair amount of dispute over the pronunciation, being pronounced 'stower-ton', 'stir-ton' or 'store-ton' by different people from the area. The nearest sizeable villages are Wollaston and Kinver, the nearest hamlets are Prestwood and Dunsley.