Place:Hilton, Dorset, England

Alt namesEltonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 94
TypeVillage, Parish
Coordinates50.817°N 2.3°W
Located inDorset, England
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Hilton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is sited at an altitude of 135 metres in a small valley which drains chalk hills in the eastern part of the Dorset Downs. Since 1974 it has been located within the North Dorset administrative district, approximately 8 miles (13 km) west-south-west of the town of Blandford Forum. The summit of Bulbarrow Hill (274 metres) is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the village. In the 2001 UK Census the village had a population of 489.

Hilton used to form a part of the estate of the nearby Milton Abbey when it was owned by the rich Hambro family.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Hilton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"HILTON, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; under Bulbarrow camp, 7½ miles WSW of Blandford town and [railway] station. It contains the hamlets of Aller, Anstey, and Hartsfoot-Lane; and its post town is Milton-Abbas, under Blandford. Acres: 2,974. Real property: £3,945. Population: 833. Houses: 162. The property is divided among a few. Orchards and gardens occupy considerable space. Slate, coal, and bog iron abound; and some gold has been found. There are many mineral springs. Druidical remains, Roman urns and coins, early English coins, and other ancient relics have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value: £273. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is tolerable, and has a tower.


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