Walton on the Wolds est une paroisse civile et un village du Leicestershire, en Angleterre.
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Walton on the Wolds is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. In the United Kingdom Census 2011 the parish had a population of 288. It is near to Burton on the Wolds and Barrow upon Soar. It was the location of one series of Boon, starring Michael Elphick and Neil Morrissey. The series used the Tudor house, Kings Cote, as Boon's house.
The name Walton is derived from the settlement or farmstead of Wealas - native Celts, which is what the new Anglo Saxon speaking peoples called the native inhabitants of England.
The village has an Anglican church called St Mary's.
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St. Mary's is a Grade II parish church situated in the village of Walton on the Wolds in Leicestershire.
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Burton on the Wolds is a village in Leicestershire, England, situated on the B676 road 3 miles west of the A46 and about the same distance to the east of Loughborough, close to the county border with Nottinghamshire. In the 2011 census, the population was measured at 1,218. The Parish Council of Burton on the Wolds, Cotes and Prestwold serves the village and its two neighbouring hamlets. The local borough council is Charnwood.
The village's name means 'farm/settlement with a fortification'.
The village is listed in the Domesday Book, showing it comprised 15 households in the year 1086. In the Middle Ages Burton was the property of Garendon Abbey.
After World War II, a Polish camp was set up in the village, due to its proximity to RAF Wymeswold, which opened in 1942 and closed in 1957. It now hosts an industrial complex containing Jump Giants Loughborough.
Burton has its own primary school, pub and shop.
The Lion's Head water fountain was probably built in the mid 19th century.
Prestwold Hall, which was built in the 18th century, is within the parish of Prestwold, but part of the grounds falls within the Burton on the Wolds parish.
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St. Andrew's is a Grade II* medieval parish church situated near Prestwold Hall. The church serves the villages of Prestwold, Burton-on-the-Wolds, Cotes and Hoton.
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Royal Air Force Wymeswold, or more simply RAF Wymeswold, is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 3.5 miles north-east of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. The airfield is situated between Hoton, Wymeswold and Burton on the Wolds, lying in the current district of Charnwood.
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