Alderton is an old village, with the parish being known as "Alderton with Dixton" until 1831.

Alderton is an old village, with the parish being known as "Alderton with Dixton" until 1831. It was mentioned in the Doomsday book as ALDRITONE or the "Town of Alder" and is thought to have been developed from two settlements, one lying to the east side, known locally as BRENTYARD, which contained the Church on its south side along with Church Road, School Road & Blacksmiths Road. The other settlement lay to the west side, known as POLYSEND, with Beckford Road, Willow Bank Road and a path to the Church, which became St Margaret's Road.

Mains electricity became available in 1930, water in 1933, sewage in 1937 and mains gas in 1938.

Its location is almost certainly due to the existence of a patch of sand in a region of mainly clay, which with the clay subsoil, results in soil variations across the village. This enabled wells to be dug for the provision of a reliable fresh water supply, with a village pump in Cambridge Square in the 19th & early 20th Centuries. Mains electricity became available in 1930, water in 1933, sewage in 1937 and mains gas in 1938. Sand and gravel for road building were quarried in the village during the 19th Century, but other than this, Alderton appeared to have remained a self-contained farming and market gardening community over many centuries.