Bilton

Other current and historical names

Bileton
Biletone
Billetone
Bilton in Holderness

Built-Up Area: Kingston upon Hull
Parish/Community: Bilton
Unitary Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°46'42"N 0°14'25"W
Eastings/Northings: 516050, 432782
OS Grid: TA160327
Mapcode Local: GBR VSRR.R8
Mapcode Global: WHHGR.89S6

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bilton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bilton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bilton, eccl. dist. (St Peter), Swine par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles NE. of Hull, pop. 267.

Bilton in the Domesday Book

A village in Holderness [Middle Hundred] hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of York St Peter
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Canons of Beverley St John
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Canons of Beverley (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Households: 13 villagers
- Plough Teams: 2 ⁵⁄₈ men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Drogo of la Beuvrière
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Frank of Falconberg (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)
- Meadow: 10 acres

British Place Names

Bilton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Bilton is a village in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

Bilton in historic gazetteers

Bilton in the Domesday Book