Talk:Walton-on-the-Hill/Archive 1

Reverts

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Opinion

See also: Old English orthography

"The name Walton comes from settlement/farmstead of the Wealas (pronounced similar to Wel-ɘsh and becoming Welsh)- Adam37 Talk 15:13, 6 March 2018 (UTC) - which is what the new Anglo-Saxon people called the native Celtic inhabitants of England. 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. Over time they dropped their Celtic tongue (similar to Old Welsh/Cornish) for the language and culture of the newcomers in order to climb the social ladder or were coerced to do so. It was in the Anglo-Saxon interest that the native British carry on as usual to ensure the economy produced food and goods for the new landowners.[" This is an opinion I have come across in Archaeology that the traditional view that the native Britons weren't wiped out by the invading Germanic Anglo-Saxon-Jutes. Bearing in mind the rest of humna history this rather fluffy idea (as opposed to genocide/ethnic cleansing) seem just pure fantasy. I belive this comes from Arcaheologist wanting to dispute the existing historical record, and (in my opinion) unable to think outside of a Western mindset that has been (mostly) at peace for the last 60 years and doesn't want to consider the realities and brutalities of invasion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.86.243.150 (talk) 09:46, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Do you have any evidence to support your opinion? This page is not a forum for unsupported opinion.--Charles (talk) 13:47, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure what the IP is getting at (the Anglo-Saxons committed genocide?) but in any case the part quoted was unsourced so I've removed it, while adding a citation for the derivation of Walton. To be honest, most of that information, regardless of veracity, simply wasn't that important to this article. Nev1 (talk) 18:11, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Late to the party, with my pedantic points on orthography, I also bring news that, yes, older names linger especially about tribes, they really do, especially where given by the conquerors, and they could have been wiped out, OR integrated, OR stayed largely undiluted in blood til Norman days. We shall never know short of a full dig up of all parts of the centre of the parish and it is not going to happen. One thing is sure English and Welsh have been mixing for a long time though.- Adam37 Talk 15:17, 6 March 2018 (UTC)