Wilton

From either Old English welig (“willow”) or wella (“spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪltən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪltən

Wilton (countable and uncountable, plural Wiltons)

1. (uncountable) A number of places in England:
   1. A hamlet in Haile parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref NY0311).
   2. A village in Bridstow parish, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5824).
   3. A village and civil parish (served by Allerston and Wilton Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE8682). ^[1]
   4. A small village (and castle) in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ5819).
   5. A suburb of Taunton, Somerset (OS grid ref ST2224).
   6. A town and civil parish with a town council near Salisbury, Wiltshire, famed for the Wilton carpets (OS grid ref SU0931). ^[2]
      • 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59:

        Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.

   7. A village in Grafton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2661).
2. A parish of the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.
3. A suburb of Cork, Ireland.
4. A small town in New South Wales, Australia.
5. A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand. ^[3]
6. A village in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe.
7. (uncountable) A number of places in the United States:
   1. A small town in Shelby County, Alabama.
   2. A small town in Little River County, Arkansas.
   3. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.
   4. A large town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
      • 2001 December 23, Gary Santaniello, “A Surge in Controversy for Power Proposal”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 May 2015:

        "A lot of the information in C. L. and P.'s application is incomplete," said Monte Frank, a lawyer hired by Redding, Wilton and Weston to represent those towns' interests before the Connecticut Siting Council, which has jurisdiction on such issues.

   5. An unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois.
   6. A city in Cedar County and Muscatine County, Iowa.
   7. A town in Franklin County, Maine.
   8. A small city in Beltrami County, Minnesota.
   9. An unincorporated community in Waseca County, Minnesota.
   10. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
   11. A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
   12. A large town in Saratoga County, New York.
   13. A small city in Burleigh County and McLean County, North Dakota.
   14. A village and town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
8. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

• Bishop Wilton

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wilton is the 10260^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3141 individuals. Wilton is most common among Wilton (85.86%) individuals.

Wilton (plural Wiltons)

1. A type of carpet, originally made in the town of Wilton.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wilton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From Early Scots Weltoun, perhaps ultimately from Old English wilġ tūn (“farm by the willows”).

Wilton

1. Wilton (a village in Scotland)