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not to be confused with East Walton.
Walton East
Population250 +
OS grid referenceSN020236
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCLARBESTON ROAD
Postcode districtSA63
Dialling code01437
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
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 (3.2 km) south-west of Llys y Fran and 1+12 miles (2.4 km) north of Clarbeston Road.

Parish Church, Walton East

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 by the 19th and 20th centuries it was a mainly Welsh-speaking community.

St Mary's Church

The church, dedicated to St. Mary, consists only of a nave, without either tower or spire.

Notes

  1. ^ B G Charles, Placenames of Pembrokeshire, NLoW, 1992, p 454

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