In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Guilton like this:

GILTON, a place in Ash-next-Sandwich parish, Kent-A Saxon burial-ground was long ago discovered here; and weapons, ornaments, and other relics, all of the pagan Saxon period, and possessing much interest, have been found in it, and are still occasionally found.

Guilton through time

Guilton is now part of DOVER District. Click here for graphs and data of how DOVER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Guilton itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Guilton, in Dover and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25097

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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