| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Silton |
| Static Image Name: | Silton, parish church of St. Nicholas - geograph.org.uk - 522899.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Parish church of St Nicholas, Silton |
| Coordinates: | 51.0631°N -2.3127°W |
| Population: | 123 |
| Lieutenancy England: | Dorset |
| Region: | South West England |
| Constituency Westminster: | North Dorset |
| Unitary England: | Dorset |
| Shire County: | Dorset |
| Post Town: | Gillingham |
| Postcode District: | SP8 |
| Postcode Area: | SP |
| Os Grid Reference: | ST783293 |
Silton is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale 4miles northwest of Gillingham. In the 2011 census, the civil parish had 57 households and a population of 123.[1]
In 1086, Silton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Seltone;[2] it had 16 households, 11.5 ploughlands, 28abbr=offNaNabbr=off of meadow and 4 mills. It was in the hundred of Gillingham and the tenant-in-chief was William of Falaise.[3] This original settlement was near the church, on a low ridge between the River Stour and a minor tributary to the southwest.[4]
Silton was for many years the country residence of Sir Hugh Wyndham (1602–1684), whose memorial by the sculptor Jan van Nost is in the parish church of St Nicholas. Wyndham's Oak, an historic tree named after Wyndham, stands nearby.[5]