Wilton

Wilton

Wilton, usually ‘farmstead or village where willow-trees grow’, OE *wilig + tūn; examples include: Wilton Norfolk. Wiltuna 1086 (DB). Wilton Red. & Cleve. Wiltune 1086 (DB). Wilton, Bishop E. R. Yorks. Wiltone 1086 (DB). Affix from its early possession by the Archbishops of York.

However the following have a different origin: Wilton Wilts., near Burbage. Wulton 1227. Probably ‘farmstead near a spring or stream’. OE wiella + tūn. Wilton Wilts., near Salisbury. Uuiltun 838, Wiltune 1086 (DB). ‘Farmstead or village on the River Wylye’. Pre-English river-name (see Wylye) + OE tūn.

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Wilton town (1991 pop. 4,005), Wiltshire, S central England. Carpets have been made in Wilton for centuries. Felt and farm machinery are other important products. Three sheep fairs are held annually. Wilton was an ancient capital of Wessex and the residence of Saxon kings. In the 9th cent., Wilton was the site of a battle between King Alfred and the Danes. The town was a bishopric until 1050. Wilton House, in which Philip Sidney wrote Arcadia, was partly designed by Inigo Jones . It is the seat of the earl of Pembroke.

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Wilton town (1990 pop. 15,989), Fairfield co., SW Conn.; settled c.1701, inc. 1802. It is a residential town with electronic research facilities and some agriculture.

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Wilton kind of carpet made at Wilton in Wiltshire. XVIII.

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