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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hilton like this:
HILTON, or Helton-Bacon, a township in Appleby St. Michael parish, Westmoreland; on an affluent of the river Eden, 3¼ miles E of Appleby. Acres, 4, 182. Real property, with Murton, £2, 028; of which £193 are in mines and £14 in quarries. Pop., 253. Houses, 53. The manor belonged formerly to the Viponts, the Bacons, and the Heltons; and belongs now to the Lowthers. Much of the surface is upland, and includes Hilton fell. Lead ore is mined.
Hilton is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hilton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hilton, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26017
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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