WALTON-on-the-HILL, a parish in the first division
of the hundred of COPTHORNE, county of SURREY,
4 miles (S. by E.) from Epsom, containing 314
inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester,
rated in the king's books at £12. 6. 5., and in the
patronage of Mrs. Anne Paston Gee. The church is
dedicated to St. Peter: the body has been recently
rebuilt at the expense of the inhabitants, and an elegant
tower has been erected by the patroness; on this occasion
the church received an additiori of sixty free
sittings, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement
of churches and chapels having granted £40 towards
defraying the expense: it contains a curious ancient font,
and the windows exhibit some fragments of ancient
stained glass. Walton Place, the old manor-house, now
occupied as a farm-house, bears evident marks of having
been once strongly fortified. There are some springs in
the parish, the water of which is of a mineral quality.