Wilton, Ryedale Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.2346°N -0.6808°W
Official Name:Wilton
Static Image:St Georges Church Wilton 1 (Nigel Coates).jpg
Static Image Caption:St Georges Church
Population:149
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Civil Parish:Wilton
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Thirsk and Malton
Post Town:PICKERING
Postcode District:YO18
Postcode Area:YO
Os Grid Reference:SE860829

Wilton is a small village and civil parish near Pickering in North Yorkshire, England. The village is east of Pickering, west of Scarborough, and north-east of Malton.

History

Wilton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to William the Conqueror, and having 47 ploughlands and associated meadowland.[1] The name Wilton shares a common route with Wilton in what is now Redcar and Cleveland, and Bishop's Wilton in the East Riding. All are thought to be from Wildetuna, meaning waste; all three were described in the Domesday survey as having parts which were waste.[2] An inclosure act of 1773 provided for up to of land to be divided up.

When the Forge Valley Line opened in 1882, a station was named Wilton, though it was in the parish of Allerston, south-east of Wilton.[3] [4] This station was later renamed to, .[5] The nearest railway stations now are either at to the south-west, or Scarborough and to the east.[6] The A170 road between Thirsk and Scarborough runs through the village, with up to eight buses per day each way between Pickering and Scarborough.[7] Wilton is above sea level, and east of Pickering, west of Scarborough, and north-east of Malton.[4]

The church was built between 1907 and 1908 by Charles Hodgson Fowler, replacing an earlier structure which burnt down. The previous church was a chapel-of-ease to the main church, the Church of St Hilda, within the old parish that Wilton fell under (Ellerburn).[8] [9] [10] The church is now a grade II listed building, and retains walls on the south side.[11] To the south and south-east of the church grounds are the remains of Wilton Hall moated site. This is a scheduled monument.

Governance

Wilton was part of the Parish of Pickering until 1233, when it became part of the former civil parish of Ellerburn-cum-Farmanby. The village came under the wapentake and liberty of Pickering Lythe, then later becoming part of the Pickering Rural District. In 1974, it was moved into the newer county of North Yorkshire (from the North Riding of Yorkshire),[12] and between 1974 and 2023, it was part of the Ryedale District.[13] [14] The village is represented at Westminster as part of the Thirsk and Malton Constituency.[15]

Population of Wilton 1801–2015[16] [17] [18] !1801!1811!1821!1831!1841!1851!1861!1871!1881!1891!1901!1911!1921!1931!1951!1961!1971!2001!2011!2015
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During the late 14th century, a poll tax was enacted to raise money for the war against the French. Wilton was assessed as having 13 dwellings with a population of 45.[19]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wilton Domesday Book . opendomesday.org . 5 August 2024.
  2. Book: Smith . A. H.. The Place Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire . 1979. 1928. 19714705. English Place Name Society. 90.
  3. Web site: View map: Ordnance Survey, 44/88 - 10046 (includes: Allerston; Kingthorpe; Lockton; Pickering; Thornton Dale; Wilton) Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain, 1945-1969 . maps.nls.uk . 5 August 2024.
  4. Book: Kelly's Directory of N & E Ridings of Yorkshire, 1913. [Part 1: Localities, Court & Trade Directories] . 1913 . Kelly's Directories Ltd . London . 416 . 10. 936206302.
  5. Book: Lidster . Robin . Scarborough to Pickering railway through time: through time; featuring the forge valley line . 2014 . Amberley Publishing . Chalford . 9781445618272 . 65.
  6. Web site: Pickering Scarborough Ebberston Thornton Dale The Old Station Allerston . theoldstationallerston.co.uk . 5 August 2024.
  7. Web site: Scarborough : Thornton le Dale : Pickering : Helmsley . passenger-line-assets.s3 . 5 August 2024.
  8. Book: Parliamentary Papers Poor Law Unions volume 49, part II . 1862 . HMSO . London. 144. 145367615.
  9. Book: Whellan . T. . History and Topography of the City of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire . 1857 . Whellan . Beverley . 894. 504050072.
  10. Web site: Genuki: Ellerburn, Yorkshire (North Riding) . genuki.org.uk . 5 August 2024.
  11. Book: Pevsner . Nikolaus . Yorkshire, the North Riding . 2002. 1966 . Yale University Press . London . 0-300-09665-8 . 402.
  12. Book: Guide No. 6: North Yorkshire Gazetteer of Townships and Parishes . 2021 . 1986 . North Yorkshire County Council . Northallerton . 0 906035 29 5 . 33.
  13. News: Hoult . Philip . New unitary expresses concern at procedure adopted by abolished predecessor authority over CIL grant payments . 5 August 2024 . Local Government Lawyer . 18 May 2023.
  14. News: North Yorkshire councils scrapped and replaced with one authority . 5 August 2024 . BBC News . 21 July 2021.
  15. Web site: Election Maps . ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 5 August 2024.
  16. Book: Page . William . The Victoria history of the county of York. vol 3 . 1907 . Constable & Co . London . 5519. 500092527.
  17. Web site: Wilton Ch/CP through time Population Statistics Total Population . visionofbritain.org.uk . 5 August 2024.
  18. Web site: 2015 Population Estimates: Parishes . northyorks.gov.uk . December 2016 . 16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf . 4 June 2022 . 5 August 2023.
  19. Allerston . Pamela . English Village Development: Findings from the Pickering District of North Yorkshire . Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers . November 1970 . 51 . 101. Institute of British Geographers . London . 0020-2754.

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