Walton on the Naze, Essex : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Walton on the Naze. You may be able to find further references to Walton on the Naze in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
WALTON-LE-SOKEN, or W.-on-the-Naze a village and a parish Imperial
Walton on the Naze (or Walton le Soken) small town and parish with railway station Bartholomew

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Walton on the Naze within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Daniel Defoe Letter 1, Part 2: Harwich and Suffolk 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
The Naze 0 2
Horsey Island 0 2
Kirby le Soken 0 3
Frinton on Sea 0 2
Little Oakley 0 3
Thorpe le Soken 0 2
Moze 0 1
Great Holland 0 2
Great Oakley 0 3
Dovercourt 0 2
Harwich 32 3
Ramsey 0 2
Beaumont 0 2
Little Holland 0 2
Landguard 0 2
Little Clacton 0 3
Weeley 0 2
Wix 0 2
Tendring 0 4
Wrabness 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Walton on the Naze. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
WALTON LE SOKEN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
WALTON LE SOKEN OR W. ON THE NAZE John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
WALTON ON THE NAZE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
WALTON ON THE NAZE OR WALTON LE SOKEN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
WALTON UNDER THE NASE Daniel Defoe A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain, divided into circuits or journies (London: JM Dent and Co, 1927).
W. ON THE NAZE John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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