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Alton (/ ˈɔːltən / AWL-tən) is a market town and civil parish in East Hampshire, England, near the source of the northern branch of the River Wey. It had a population of 19,425 at the 2021 census. Alton was recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086 as Aoltone. During the Saxon period Alton was known as Aweltun.
Alton (UK: / ˈ ɒ l t ən / ⓘ OL-tən) is a village in Staffordshire, England. [2] It is noted for the theme park Alton Towers, built around the site of Alton Mansion, which was owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury, [3] and designed by Augustus Pugin. [4] In the 1914 map by Whiston, there were copper works in the village. [2]
Website. www.AltonTowers.com. Alton Towers Resort (UK: / ˈɒltən / ⓘ OL-tən) (often shortened to Alton Towers) is a theme park and resort complex in Staffordshire, England, near the village of Alton. [3] The park is operated by Merlin Entertainments Group and incorporates a theme park, water park, mini golf and hotel complex.
Holybourne is a village in the civil parish of Alton, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 1.3 miles (2.2 km) northeast of the centre of Alton, is contiguous with it and shares its A31 bypass. The nearest railway station also being in Alton. The village has a population of around 1,500 and is where Treloar School is located.
Alton was a Royalist town, and on 1 December 1643, a large force, commanded by the Earl of Crawford, occupied the town. Parliamentary forces, led by Sir William Waller , marched against Alton on 13 December and Crawford fled the town for Winchester, leaving behind a small force commanded by Colonel Richard Boles [ 14 ] (Godwin gives his name as ...
Bertram de Verdun; present castle built by John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury. Alton Castle is a Gothic-revival castle, on a hill above the Churnet Valley, in the village of Alton, Staffordshire, England. The site has been fortified in wood since Saxon times, with a stone castle dating from the 12th century. The current castle was constructed ...
March 15, 1984. The Monument Square Historic District of Alton, New Hampshire, encompasses the 19th-century heart of the town, a roughly triangular open space formed by the junction of Main Street ( New Hampshire Route 11) and Old Wolfeboro Road between Factory Street and Church Street. It is notable for its well-preserved 19th-century ...
Town Hall. Designated. 31 March 1977. Reference no. 1094175. Shown in Hampshire. Alton Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Alton, Hampshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Alton Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.