| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Manor of Walton on Trent |
| Place | Walton on Trent |
| Epithet | manor |
| History | Descent of manor
At the time of Domesday survey in 1086 Walton was held directly by the King as part of his lands. It was soon granted to Hugh d’Avranches, Earl of Chester (died 1101). In 1235 it belonged to Clementia, widow of Ralph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester. In 1273 it was possessed by Robert de Montalt. Its subsequent history is unclear, but it would seem that the manor had come into the possession of the Ferrers family by the end of the 14th century. It seems to have passed in the early 18th century through the female line to the Earls of Northampton, then to the Viscounts Townsend. On the death of the 3rd Marquess Townsend in 1855, it was probably sold to James Ridgeway, then by his son to Richard Ratcliff. In 1895 he was said to hold the manorial rights with Miss Disbrowe. |
| Source | - Magna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) pp. 281-282
- The History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire by T. Bulmer (1895) pp. 832-833 |
| Authorised Form of Name | Walton on Trent; Manor of Walton on Trent; manor |
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