[2] King Edward II crossed the river in pursuit of the disaffected barons including the Earl of Lancaster.

St Lawrence's Church, Walton-on-Trent, prominently boasts its founding as "c.1000" on the sign by its lychgate.

At about that time it would have been in the ownership of Aelfgar, an Anglo-Saxon who also had interests which included manors at Weston-on-Trent, Newton Solney and Repton.

It is his name that is given as the former owner of Walton-on-Trent's church, mill, 40 acres (160,000 m2) of meadow and 35 square furlongs of pasture[4] when the new king took them as part of his personal reward for winning the English crown.

[7] Annually, Catton Hall hosts heavy metal festival Bloodstock Open Air featuring prominent bands such as Children of Bodom, Opeth, and Nightwish.