[2] Walton remains an unspoiled part of England[4] and has a historic background as the course of Hadrian's Wall skirts the village to its south.

There is strong evidence that in many areas of England taken over by Germanic speaking settlers, the native British (Wealas) remained undisturbed, farming the same land they did when the Romans left.

[7] As the village is surrounded by countryside, the main occupation for the majority of the community has always been focused on agriculture.

[3] The church was designed in a Gothic style by the architects Paley and Austin who were based in Lancaster, Lancashire.

[3] Within the church there are brass plaques set into the floor, commemorating the Johnson family, who occupied the Castlesteads mansion on the site of the Hadrian's Wall fort of Camboglanna.

[4] It is believed that the estate was previously owned by the Dacre family who built "Walton House" using stones from the nearby Hadrian's Wall.

The Johnson family purchased the estate in 1789 and replaced "Walton House" with a larger mansion, known as Castlesteads.

[14] The mansion is south east of Walton[4] and is surrounded by 75 acres (30 ha) of woods, it also looks over the River Irthing.

[5] A National Trail named Hadrian's Wall Path was opened in May 2003 in Walton.

The public can view an exposed section of the wall near the hamlet of Banks, about 5 miles east of Walton.

[4] An abstract of his poem includes; "Walton on the Roman Wall, fairest village of them all, rivers three around thee flow, clearest streams a man may know.