Walton

Variously from Old English weall (“wall”) or wealh (“Celt, Welshman”) + tūn (“settlement”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːltən/, /ˈwɒltən/

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Walton

1. A surname.
   • 2023 December 5, Athena Jones, “Efforts to close gender interest gap in STEM must be stepped up, Gen Z survey shows”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Despite wide efforts to encourage more girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM, a new survey from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation found Gen Z girls significantly lag behind boys in the level of interest expressed in STEM subjects, suggesting more must be done to close the gender gap.

2. Place names in Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the USA.
   1. A city in Boone County and Kenton County, Kentucky, United States.
   2. A town and village in Delaware County, New York, United States.
   3. A number of places in England, including:
      1. A suburb and civil parish (with a community council) in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8936). ^[1]
      2. A northern suburb of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TF1702). ^[2]
      3. A suburb of the City of Liverpool, Merseyside (OS grid ref SJ3694).
      4. A hamlet in Eccleshall parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8527). ^[3]
      5. A suburban area in Stone parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9033). ^[4]
      6. A village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3517). ^[5]
   4. A settlement in Waikato, New Zealand. ^[6]
3. Counties in Florida and Georgia, see Walton County.
4. Clipping of Walton-on-Thames.
5. Clipping of Walton-on-the-Naze.

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