These in turn were the main civil (secular) successors to the medieval parishes of the same names which continued to have a very minor Civil Parish counterparts until 1974.

[1] The year 1894 saw the mass creation of multi-function districts across the country.

Thus the two Urban Districts mentioned were constituted and as was quite common, on approximately the medieval era parish boundaries.

As Walton-on-Thames was by far the larger authority in population and area its offices were chosen in 1933 as those for the combined Urban District.

A minority, 660 acres (1.03 sq mi), of Byfleet was transferred from Chertsey Rural District to Walton and Weybridge Urban District on its creation in 1933.