We could not match "WALSTON" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 17 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "WALSTON":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Biggar	Lanarkshire	Walston, E by Skirling in Peeblesshire, S by Culter, and SW by Liberton, the parish has an extreme length, from	Groome
  Biggar, The	Lanarkshire Peebles Shire	Walston and Liberton boundaries, and through the interior past Biggar town. It next, as Biggar Water, flows 5 miles east	Groome
  Blacklaw	Lanarkshire	Blacklaw, a burn in Walston parish, Lanarkshire, running to the Medwin.	Groome
  Black Mount	Lanarkshire	Walston and Dolphinton parishes, E Lanarkshire. It has a ridgy form, extending NE and SW, and it culminates at 1689 feet	Groome
  Black Mount	Lanarkshire	Black Mount .-- hill, between Walston and Dolphinton pars., E. Lanarkshire, alt. 1689 ft.	Bartholomew
  Boreland	Lanarkshire	Walston parish, Lanarkshire. A brass tripod, supposed to be Roman, was exhumed on it by the plough, and two caverns	Groome
  Carnwath	Lanarkshire	Walston, S by Libberton, and W by Carstairs. Its greatest length, from N to S, is 8¾ miles; its breadth	Groome
  Cocklaw	Lanarkshire	Walston parish, Lanarkshire. Remains of an ancient circular camp are on high ground here; consist of two concentric mounds and ditches	Groome
  Cocklaw	Lanarkshire	Cocklaw , farm with remains of ancient circular camp, Walston par., Lanarkshire.	Bartholomew
  Dolphinton	Lanarkshire	Walston; and NW by Dunsyre. In shape a triangle, with southward apex, it has an utmost length from N by E to S by W of 3¾ miles	Groome
  Dunsyre	Lanarkshire	Walston, and W, NW, and N by Carnwath. Its length, from N to S, varies between 3½ and 5¾ miles	Groome
  Ellridgehill or Elsrickle	Lanarkshire	Walston parish, E Lanarkshire, 4¼ miles NNE of Biggar. It is a pleasant place, in a picturesque situation, and decidedly	Groome
  Elsrickle, or Ellsridge Hill	Lanarkshire	Elsrickle , or Ellsridge Hill , vil., Walston par., Lanarkshire, 4 miles NE. of Biggar.	Bartholomew
  Lanarkshire	Lanarkshire	Walston, and Dolphinton are in the same condition. In the upper ward altogether the soil is poor thin moor or wet moss	Groome
  Libberton	Lanarkshire	Walston and Biggar, S by Symington and Covington, and W by Covington and Pettinain. Its utmost length, from N to S, is 5 1 / 8 miles	Groome
  Walston	Lanarkshire	Walston , par., Lanarkshire, on river South Medwin, 4361 ac., pop. 340; the church stands 5½ m. N. of Biggar	Bartholomew
  Walston	Lanarkshire	Walston and Elgirig or Elsrickle. The name Walston is supposed to have been derived either from Waldef, a brother of the first	Groome

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• Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.



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