Wilton, Yorkshire
| Wilton | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 The old village school at Wilton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ584197 |
| Location: | 54°34’11"N, 1°5’48"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Redcar |
| Postcode: | TS10 |
| Dialling code: | 01642 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Redcar and Cleveland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Redcar |
Wilton is a small village in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It stands between Redcar and Eston at the base of Eston Hills, to the east of Eston Nab, just south of the A174]] trunk road, on the other side of which stands the village of Lazenby.
The village is noted for its golf course and castle, Wilton Castle.
The population was less than 100 at the 2011 Census, so details are kept in the ward of Dormanstown.
Church
The parish church is dedicated to St Cuthbert.
History
The village was once part of the Wilton Estate, at the head of which stood Wilton Castle. The land was sold to ICI in the 1940s.
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The Bulmer family owned the manor of Wilton in the 13th century and were granted a licence to fortify their manor house in 1210. In 1331 Ralph Bulmer was granted permission to build a castle on his manor. The estate was confiscated by the Crown following the attainder and execution of Sir John and Lady Bulmer for high treason arising out of their part in the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536. The manor was restored to their son but was lost again, by sequestration in 1644, following Sir William Bulmers opposition to Parliament during the Civil War. It was again later restored but the castle had been slighted by Parliamentary forces and made uninhabitable.
The estate was purchased in about 1806 by Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Swillington, who built the present mansion now called Wilton Castle, and the estate passed down though the Lowther Baronets thereafter. The Lowthers helped t develop the industries of nearby Middlesbrough from the iron mined on their land. The family sold the remaining estate and castle in 1945 to Imperial Chemical Industries.
After ICI acquired the estate, the village became an industrial, chemical hub.
Wilton International
Wilton International is a multi-occupancy chemical manufacturing site located on the north side of the A174 road, beginning less than one mile from the village of Wilton. The site was formerly wholly owned and operated by ICI and was opened by The Queen in 1956. Following the fragmentation of ICI, since 1995, Enron owned the facility briefly before it was acquired by Sembcorp,[1] a Singaporean utility company.
A number of multinational chemical companies now operate on the site and Sembcorp have built the country’s first wood fired power station, ‘Wilton 10’, on the site. In 2013, they announced a new waste to energy plant, to be known as ‘Wilton 11’.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Wilton, Yorkshire) |
References
- ↑ Hurworth, Colin (1999). Wilton the First Fifty Years. Falcon Press. ISBN 1872339018.