Walton-On-Thames is a town in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey in South East England. The name Walton is Anglo-Saxon in origin and is believed to mean "farm of the Britons" or to have meant 'Saxon settlement'. Even before the Romans and the Saxons were present, there was a Celtic settlement here. The Anglo-Saxon word for the Celtic inhabitants who lived here before them is "Wealas". Walton-on-Thames was also identified by William Camden as the place where Caesar forded the Thames on his second invasion of Britain. However according to Elmbridge Museum, there is no evidence to support this. Walton-on-Thames lay within the Saxon administrative district of Elmbridge hundred. Walton-on-Thames appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as ‘’Waletone’’. It was held partly by Edward de Sarisber (Salisbury) and partly by Richard de Tonbrige. Its domesday assets were: 6 hides; 1 church (St Mary's), 2 mills worth £1 5s 0d, 1 fishery worth 5s, 14 ploughs, 40 acres of meadow, worth 50 hogs. It rendered £28. St. Mary's Parish Church is of Saxon origin, with parts dating back to the 12th and 15th centuries. The square flint tower, supported by a 19th century brick buttress, contains a peal of 6 bells, the oldest bearing the date 1606. The royal palace of Oatlands, built by Henry VIII in 1538, was a mile upstream to the west. During the First World War New Zealand troops were hospitalised in the now demolished Mount Felix House. They are remembered by the street name New Zealand Avenue, the Wellington Pub (formerly The Kiwi) and a small memorial in the Homebase car park. Hersham and Walton Motors (HWM), now an Aston Martin dealer, constructed its own racing car in the early 1950s. Stirling Moss won his first Formula One Grand Prix in an HWM. In addition, HWM was the world's first Aston Martin dealership. More on Walton-on-Thames