WALTON-on-TRENT, a parish in the hundred
of REPTON-and-GRESLEY, county of DERBY, 4 miles
(S.W.) from Burton upon Trent, containing 416 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Derby, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated
in the king's books at £.17. 2. 8., and in the patronage
of Marquis Townshend. The church, dedicated
to St. John the Baptist, has been lately repaired at a
considerable expense, defrayed by subscription; it contains
several ancient monumental tombs. A schoolroom
has been erected by voluntary contributions, in
which all the poor children of the parish are instructed
on the National system; it is partly supported by subscription,
and partly with £20 a year arising from land
bequeathed, in 1760, in support of a school, by two
ladies named Levett and Bailey, who also gave a dwelling-
house for the master. Edward II. forded the Trent
at this place, in pursuit of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster,
and the disaffected barons.