page_title: Walton, Milton Keynes
section_title: Caldecotte
hierarchical_section_title: Walton, Milton Keynes / Walton Civil Parish / Caldecotte
caption_attribution_description: Caldecotte Lake business park
context_page_description: Walton was a hamlet that is now a district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England. For local government purposes, it is part of the Danesborough and Walton electoral ward.
  The historic hamlet is located about four miles south of Central Milton Keynes and just east of Simpson, mostly along Walton Road in the modern Walnut Tree district. The modern H9 Groveway grid road severs a few of its houses into Walton Hall and the V10 Brickhill Street separates the Manor Farm off into the Walton grid square. The Manor Farm has been redeveloped, first into a research centre for Hoechst and subsequently as the UK headquarters of MSD Animal Health.
  The village name is a common one in England, and is an Old English language word, meaning either 'village of the Britons' or 'walled village'. The village is first recorded as Wauton.
  The manor house of the village, and its chapel of ease, now deconsecrated, are in the campus grounds of The Open University, in the Walton Hall district.
context_section_description: Caldecotte is another district in the parish, that includes the site of an ancient village of the same name.  It is also includes the larger part of Caldecotte Lake, an important manmade balancing lake that manages flood water on the River Ouzel just as it enters Milton Keynes. The lake is used by a number of local clubs for rowing and other water sports.
  The place name is fairly common in England, and is Old English meaning "cold cottage".  This refers to a resting place for travellers or other strangers on the road. The original Northampton to London road (modern Brickhill Street) runs nearby, just short of its junction with Watling Street (itself a major route in continuous use since Roman times). The village declined when the Northampton road was rerouted in 1728 through Broughton and Woburn to join the Watling Street at Hockliffe.
caption: Caldecotte Lake Business Park
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