Medieval Halton was held by the
monastery of Christchurch, Canterbury, along with
Monks Risborough, and after the
English Reformation, passed to the Bradshawe family of
Wendover and later to the Fermor family. In 1720, James Fermor sold the estate to
Sir Francis Dashwood of
West Wycombe. It remained in the Dashwood's ownership until Baron
Lionel de Rothschild acquired the estate in 1851. In the
Chiltern Hills above Halton is
Halton House, a
country house built in the
Château Style, which was used as the main Officers' Mess for RAF Halton until 2025. It was originally built for
Alfred de Rothschild in 1880. The RAF demolished its domed winter garden to build an accommodation block. Halton lies just outside the
Metropolitan Green Belt so it has not been protected from postwar housing development. At its southern end it is contiguous with
Wendover, but it retains a separate, older village centre anchored by St Michael & All Angels Church, which dates from 1813, built on the site of a 16th-century church, and a community hall. There is a separate, modern Catholic Church. The Parish also includes
RAF Halton, a
Royal Air Force (RAF) training station with a grass airfield used for glider training. Most modern housing in the village was built for RAF personnel, but some is now in private hands. A small shop mainly serves the RAF community. The base had a large
military hospital employing hundreds of people, which was closed in 1995. The buildings remained until 2007/8 when they were demolished for the Princess Mary Gate housing scheme on land between Halton and Wendover. ==Church of St Michael and All Angels==