Kilton is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the

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of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of

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History

The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Chiltune'', which is possibly derived from a combination of Old Norse and

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of "narrow-valley farm/settlement' or a Scandinavianised form of cilda-tun, 'children's farm/settlement." The village is to the west of Kilton Beck Valley, a narrow cut that carries the Kilton Beck to the sea at Skinningrove. The remains of Kilton Castle lie to the south east and the village is east of

Guisborough Guisborough ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It lies north of the North York Moors National Park. Roseberry Topping, midway between the town and Great Ayton, is a landmark i ...

and south of Brotton. In the 13th century,

Kilton Castle Kilton Castle is a ruined castle overlooking the valley of Kilton Beck, near to the village of Kilton, North Yorkshire, Kilton in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire (now Redcar and Cleveland) in England. The castle was built in ...

was the base of the rebel Will Wither.

References

Villages in North Yorkshire Places in the Tees Valley Redcar and Cleveland {{Redcar-geo-stub