Bilton

Other current and historical names

Beltone
Bentone

Built-Up Area: Rugby
Parish/Community: Rugby, unparished area
District/Borough: Rugby
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 52°21'24"N 1°17'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 448691, 273440
OS Grid: SP486734
Mapcode Local: GBR 7PD.CJK
Mapcode Global: VHCTX.N181

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, par., eccl. dist., and vil., N. Warwickshire, 1½ mile SW. of Rugby-- par., 2243 ac. pop. 1696; eccl. dist., pop. 1042; p.o.; contains seats of B. Grange and B. Hall.

Bilton in the Domesday Book

A village in Marton hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ³⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 23 villagers; 9 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 8 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (11 plough lands)
- Meadow: 8 acres

British Place Names

Bilton, Warwickshire

Bilton is a suburban area in Rugby, Warwickshire

Bilton in historic gazetteers

Bilton in the Domesday Book