Silton
| Silton | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Parish church of St Nicholas, Silton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST783293 |
| Location: | 51°3’47"N, 2°18’46"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 123 |
| Post town: | Gillingham |
| Postcode: | SP8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Dorset |
Silton is a small village in northern Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale four miles north-west of Gillingham (and in the Gilllingham Hundred). The 2011 census noted that the parish had 57 households and a population of 123.
Silton is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Seltone;[1] it had 16 households, eleven and a half ploughlands, 28 acres of meadow and 4 mills. The tenant-in-chief was William of Falaise.[2] This original settlement was near the church, on a low ridge between the River Stour and a minor tributary to the south-west.[3]
Silton was for many years the country residence of Sir Hugh Wyndham (1602-1684), whose memorial by the sculptor Jan van Nost is in the parish church of St Nicholas. Wyndham's Oak, an historic tree named after Wyndham, stands nearby.[4]
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References
- ↑ Dorset S–Z: Silton: The Domesday Book Online
- ↑ Silton: Open Domesday
- ↑ Silton: An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 4, pages 76-79
- ↑ "English Tree of the Year 2018 - Woodland Trust". Woodland Trust. http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/tree-of-year-2018/england/. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
