WALTON-on-the-HILL, a parish in the hundred
of WEST-DERBY, county palatine of LANCASTER, com
prising the chapelries of Everton, Formby, Kirkby, and
West Derby, and the townships of Bootle with Linacre,
Eazakerley, Kirkdale, Simonswood, and Walton on the
Hill, and containing 14,245 inhabitants, of which number;
1171 are in the township of Walton on the Hill,
2 miles (N. by B.) from Liverpool. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester,
rated in the king's books at £69, 16. 10., and in the
patronage of J. S. Leigh, Esq.: the vicarage is separately
rated at £6. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the
Rector. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is partly
in the decorated style of English architecture. Up to
1698 it was the mother church of Liverpool, and the
present church of St. Nicholas there was a chapel of ease
under, the Vicar of Walton. The church of St. James, in
Toxteth Park, is dependent on.Walton. In consequence
°f its proximity to Liverpool, this place has greatly advanced
in population, and has become the residence of
numerous merchants, retired tradesmen, &c. The house
of correction for the county is at Kirkdale, in this
parish.