Silton
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Silton is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale northwest of Gillingham. In the 2011 census, the civil parish had 57 households and a population of 123.
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Place details
- Locality
- Milton on Stour
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Silton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Silton, parish church of St. Nicholas - geograph.org.uk - 522899.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Parish church of St Nicholas, Silton
- UK place.population
- 123
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Dorset
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- Gillingham
- UK place.postcode_district
- SP8
- UK place.postcode_area
- SP
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST783293
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 123
- Image
- Silton, parish church of St. Nicholas - geograph.org.uk - 522899.jpg
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- Silton
- OS grid reference
- ST783293
- P8168
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Silton is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale northwest of Gillingham. In the 2011 census, the civil parish had 57 households and a population of 123.
In 1086, Silton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Seltone; it had 16 households, 11.5 ploughlands, of meadow and 4 mills. It was in the hundred of Gillingham and the tenant-in-chief was William of Falaise. This original settlement was near the church, on a low ridge between the River Stour and a minor tributary to the southwest.
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