Walton-on-Trent is a parish and village in the National Forest that is just within South Derbyshire. As its name implies it is an ancient crossing point of the River Trent. It was at this point that King Edward II crossed the river in pursuit of the disaffected barons including the Earl of Lancaster. The parish contains Catton Hall.
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The Bridge
The bridge was installed in 1834 and it lasted for over one hundred years before being replaced in 1948. This bridge had to again be replaced in 1974 by a temporary Bailey bridge.
The Church
Saint Laurences church proudly boasts its founding as “c.1000” on the sign by its Lytchgate. At about that time it would have been in the ownership of Aelfgar, an Anglo-Saxon who also had interests which included manors at Weston-on-Trent, Newton Solney and Repton. It is his name that is given as the former owner of Walton-on-Trent's church, mill, 40 acres of meadow and 35 square furlongs of pasture[2] when the new king took them as part of his personal reward for winning the British crown[3].
Other
- In 2007, South Derbyshire District council is running a trial carbon footprint project to experiment with offsetting carbon emissions[4].
- The village has a Church of England school.
Catton Hall
Catton Hall gives its postal address as Walton on Trent although there was a village of Catton at one time[5]. The Hall is now available for private functions and horse trials. The hall has been there since the 15th century but the current building was founded in 1745[6].
References
- ^ a b Image from Wikimedia Commons June 2007
- ^ The Domesday book
- ^ William divided up England village by village and gave theses to those Normans who had assisted him. He personally took a modest list which included Walton on Trent (then called Waletune) and other important manors like Bakewell, Melbourne, Wirksworth and Ashbourne.
- ^ Details of Carbon footprint project
- ^ The Domesday book
- ^ Catton Hall
