Walton East (Welsh: Waltwn[1]) is a small rural village and parish established around a church at least as early as Norman times.

[2] Owen in 1602 placed it on the English side of the language boundary, but by the 19th and 20th centuries it was a mainly Welsh-speaking community.

[9] A map made at the turn of the 20th century shows several farms butting up to the village, several other dwellings and a smithy, as well as church and chapel, and several springs.

The parish church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, has no tower or spire.

Stained glass, in all windows (unusually), is mostly by C.C.Powell after 1938 & 1945, but includes work by Celtic Studios (1967).