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ALWALTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1932.

"ALWALTON, the parish of Alwalton lies in the extreme north of the old county of Huntingdonshire, separated from Peterbrough and Northamptonshire by the River Nene. The sub-soil is mainly Oxford clay with some Cornbrash and Great Oolite limestone. A petrifying spring rises in the parish. A stone known as "Alwalton Marble", formed of blocks of hard blue limestone, is found on the banks of the Nene.

A medieval sourcebook of Alwalton Manor in AD 1279 describes the area at that time.

The parish was inclosed by a private Act of Parliament in 1805. There were some boundary changes in 1956 when parts were exchanged with Castor ancient parish in the Soke of Peterborough.

The village lies a quarter of a mile east of the Great North Road, and about 2 miles from Orton Waterville. In Roman times, a building of some kind was at Alwalton because various coins and pieces of pottery have been found. The manor house, now a farmhouse not far from the church, was built about 1600. The south-west wing of this house was destroyed by fire about 1789."