Hilton is a village in Cumbria, England, in the civil parish of Murton, about east of Appleby-in-Westmorland and at an elevation of . In 1870-72 the township had a population of 253. It has a rural economy, with much grazing of sheep, though the past was also home to lead mining.

History

Hilton was the birthplace of Christopher Bainbridge (c.1464-1514), Cardinal and Archbishop of York (where he was the direct predecessor of Thomas Wolsey). Bainbridge was closely related to the local families of

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, Machell and Blenkinsop. By the end 19th century, Hilton had a population of around 300 in an area of 4,984 acres there were many lead mines nearby and a

smelt mill Smeltmills were water-powered mills used to smelt lead or other metals. The older method of smelting lead on wind-blown bole hills began to be superseded by artificially-blown smelters. The first such furnace was built by Burchard Kranich at Mak ...

was situated in the village. In 1856 the ''St. John the Baptist Church'' was constructed in the area between Hilton and Murton which features a three-tier

pulpit A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin ''pulpitum'' (platform or staging). The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, access ...

. Since the 1980s much of the previously common land of the village has been owned by the

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as part of the Warcop Training Area which has been expanded extensively over the years.

Hilton Mine

Some to the northeast of Hilton, between

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and

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in Scordale, is the Hilton Mine . Initially it worked for

galena Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide (PbS). It is the most important ore of lead and an important source of silver. Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals. It cryst ...

(lead ore) in the nineteenth century by the London Lead Company, it was later worked under different owners for

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minerals,

baryte Baryte, barite or barytes ( or ) is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate ( Ba S O4). Baryte is generally white or colorless, and is the main source of the element barium. The ''baryte group'' consists of baryte, celestine (strontium sulfate), ...

s and witherite in the early twentieth century. It also was a rare source of yellow coloured fluorite in the UK.The Pennines and Shap
, section "Hilton Mine" , ''www.rock-site.co.uk''

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History

Hilton Mine

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