In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wilton like this:
WILTON, a township-chapelry, with two hamlets, in Kirk-Leatham parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 4¼ miles S of Redcar r. station. Post town, Redcar. Acres, 6,928; of which 1,858 are water. Rated property, £5,735. Pop. in 1851, 518; in 1861, 927. Houses, 179. The increase of pop. arose from extension of mining operations. The property is subdivided. The manor, with W. Castle, belongs to SirH. Lowther, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £247.* Patron, SirH. Lowther, Bart. The church is not good.
Wilton through time
Wilton is now part of Redcar and Cleveland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Redcar and Cleveland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wilton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wilton, in Redcar and Cleveland and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14478
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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