Wilton may refer to:

Places

Australia

Wilton, New South Wales Wilton is a small town of the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia in the Wollondilly Shire. The town is located around 80 km south west of Sydney CBD. It is home to a population of 3080 and includes the new estate of Bingara Go ...

, a small town near Sydney

Canada

Rural Municipality of Wilton No. 472 The Rural Municipality of Wilton No. 472 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 17 and Division No. 6. It is located in the west-central portion of the province. ...

, Saskatchewan

England

* Wilton, Cumbria *

Wilton, Herefordshire Wilton is a village in south Herefordshire, England just under a mile west of the market town of Ross-on-Wye. In 1100, Henry I set up three royal manors in Herefordshire, including the manor of Wilton. This included a number of surrounding vill ...

Wilton Castle Wilton Castle is a 12th-century Norman castle located in south-eastern Herefordshire, England on the River Wye adjacent to the town of Ross-on-Wye. The castle is named after the manor associated with it. This castle in Herefordshire, st ...

Wilton, Ryedale Wilton is a small village and civil parish near Pickering in North Yorkshire, England. The main road through Wilton (the A170) is still closed daily so as to let the farmer transport cows Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticate ...

, North Yorkshire *

Wilton, Redcar and Cleveland Wilton is a small village in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. In 1951 the parish had a population of 958. Geography It is located between Redcar and Eston at the base of Eston Hills – to the east of Eston Nab. The village i ...

, North Yorkshire **

Wilton Castle (Redcar and Cleveland) Wilton Castle is an early 19th-century mansion, built on the site of a medieval castle, now converted into residential apartments, situated at Wilton, in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building. Histo ...

Wilton International Wilton International is a multi-occupancy industrial site in Redcar, North Yorkshire, England. Originally a chemical plant, it has businesses in a variety of fields including energy generation, plastic recycling and process research. History a ...

* Wilton, Somerset, a suburb of Taunton *

Wilton, Wiltshire Wilton is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire (of which it was once the county town), England, with a rich heritage dating back to the Anglo-Saxons. Carpets have been manufactured at Wilton since the 18th century. Today it is overshadowed by i ...

, a town near Salisbury **

Wilton Abbey Wilton Abbey was a Benedictine convent in Wiltshire, England, three miles from Salisbury, probably on the site now occupied by Wilton House. It was active from the early tenth century until 1539. History Foundation Wilton Abbey is first reco ...

Wilton House Wilton House is an English country house at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, which has been the country seat of the Earls of Pembroke for over 400 years. It was built on the site of the medieval Wilton Abbey. Following the dissolution ...

Wilton, Marlborough, Wiltshire Grafton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey about southeast of Marlborough. Its main settlement is the village of East Grafton, on the A338 Burbage - Hungerford road; the parish includes the village of Wilton (not ...

, a hamlet in Grafton parish near Marlborough ** Wilton Windmill

Ireland

Wilton, Cork Wilton is a suburb of Cork (city), Cork City. It is the site of Cork University Hospital, Cork's largest hospital. Other landmarks include Wilton Shopping Centre and St. Finbarr's Cemetery, which lies on the border between Wilton and Glasheen, ...

, a suburb of Cork City * Wilton, County Offaly, a townland in Kilmanaghan civil parish, barony of Kilcoursey

New Zealand

Wilton, New Zealand Wilton is a small suburb in Wellington. It is best known for Otari-Wilton's Bush, a large reserve that is situated in the suburb. Otari-Wilton's bush is the only public botanic garden in New Zealand dedicated solely to native plants. It feature ...

, a suburb of Wellington

Scotland

Wilton, Scottish Borders Wilton is a parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, comprising the part of Hawick north of the Teviot. Formerly a separate burgh, it was merged with the burgh of Hawick in the 19th century. It stretches from Wilton Dean in the south-west ...

United States

Wilton, Alabama Wilton, also known by the previous names of Birmingham Junction, Bismark, and Catoosa, is a town in Shelby County, Alabama, Shelby County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1918. This town is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman C ...

, a town *

Wilton, Arkansas Wilton is a city in Little River County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 374 at the 2010 census, down from 439 at the 2000 census. Geography Wilton is located in northeastern Little River County at . U.S. Routes 59 and 71 pass thr ...

, a town *

Wilton, California Wilton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade– Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,363 at the 2010 census, up from 4,551 a ...

, a town *

Wilton, Connecticut Wilton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 18,503. In 2017, it was the sixth-wealthiest town per capita in Connecticut, the wealthiest U.S. state per capita. Officially reco ...

, a town *

Wilton, Illinois Wilton is located northeast of Wilton Center, Illinois, northwest of Andres and south of Frankfort. Wilton is the smallest Unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Wi ...

, an unincorporated community *

Wilton, Iowa Wilton (formerly Wilton Junction) is a city in Cedar and Muscatine counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 2,924 at the time of the 2020 census. The Muscatine County portion of Wilton is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statist ...

, a city *

Wilton, Maine Wilton is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,835 at the 2020 census. Situated beside Wilson Pond, the former mill town is today primarily a recreation area. History The land replaced an invalidated 1727 gran ...

, a New England town **

Wilton (CDP), Maine Wilton is a census-designated place (CDP) consisting of the main settlement within the town of Wilton in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The CDP population was 2,198 at the 2010 census, out of a total town population of 4,116. Geography ...

, the main village in the town *

Wilton, Minnesota Wilton is a city in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 204 at the 2010 census. Wilton is considered a bedroom community of Bemidji. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area ...

, a city *

Wilton, Missouri Wilton is an unincorporated community in southwest Boone County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on the northeast bank of the Missouri River across from the Marion Bottoms Conservation Area. Ashland lies approximately six miles t ...

, an unincorporated community *

Wilton, New Hampshire Wilton is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,896 at the 2020 census. Like many small New England towns, it grew up around water-powered textile mills, but is now a rural bedroom community with some m ...

, a New England town ** Wilton (CDP), New Hampshire, the main village in the town *

Wilton, New York Wilton is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 17,361 at the 2020 census. The Town of Wilton is in the northeastern part of the county, northeast of Saratoga Springs, which it borders. History The region, once ...

, a town * Wilton, North Dakota, a city *

Wilton, Wisconsin Wilton is a village in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 504 at the 2010 census. The village is located partially within the Town of Wilton and partially within the Town of Wellington. Geography Wilton is located at ...

, a village * Wilton (town), Wisconsin, a town adjacent to the village of Wilton *

Wilton Manors, Florida Wilton Manors is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 11,426. Wilton Manors is part of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6,166,488 people at the 2020 census. Histor ...

, a city *

Wilton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota Wilton Township is a township in Waseca County, Minnesota, Waseca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 392 at the 2000 census. History Wilton Township was organized in 1858, and named after its largest settlement, Wilton, Waseca C ...

, a township * Listings on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

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Wilton (Wye Mills, Maryland) Wilton is a historic home located at Wye Mills, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It consists of the original brick structure, built between 1749 and 1770, which is a three-bay, -story block, approximately 22 feet by 26 feet. About 1800 a major F ...

, listed on the NRHP in Maryland ** Wilton House Museum, listed on the NRHP in Richmond, Virginia ** Wilton (Wilton, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Virginia

Zimbabwe

* Wilton, Zimbabwe, a village in the Mashonaland East province

People

Surname

Earl of Wilton Earl of Wilton, of Wilton Castle in the County of Herefordshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1801 for Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Grey de Wilt ...

, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom *

Frank Wilton Frank S. Wilton Jr. (August 17, 1905 – December 17, 1977) was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio from 1932 to 1941, compiling a record of 44– ...

(1905–1977), American football player and coach *

Greg Wilton Gregory Stuart Wilton (6 November 195514 June 2000) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Isaacs, from 1996 until his suicide at the age of 44. He is the only se ...

(1955–2000), Australian politician *

Joseph Wilton Joseph Wilton (16 July 1722 – 25 November 1803) was an English sculptor. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and the academy's third keeper. His works are particularly numerous memorialising the famous Britons ...

(1722–1803), English sculptor *

Michael Wilton Michael F. Wilton (born February 23, 1962) also known as The Whip, for how fast his fingers "whip" around the guitar fretboard, is an American musician, best known for being a guitarist and songwriter in the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, w ...

(born 1962), American guitarist *

Penelope Wilton Dame Penelope Alice Wilton (born 3 June 1946), styled Penelope, Lady Holm between 1998 and 2001, is an English actress. She is known for starring opposite Richard Briers in the BBC sitcom ''Ever Decreasing Circles'' (1984–1989); playing H ...

(born 1946), British actor *

Richard Wilton Richard Wilton (died 21 December 1239) was an English scholastic philosopher. Works His works included: *a commentary on the ''Sentences'' of Peter Lombard; *a treatise in five books against the heresies of his own age; *commentaries on the ''Boo ...

(died 1239), English scholar *

Robb Wilton Robert Wilton Smith (28 August 1881 – 1 May 1957), better known as Robb Wilton, was an English comedian and actor. He was best known for his filmed monologues during the 1930s and 1940s, in which he played incompetent authority figures. His tr ...

(1881–1957), English comedian and comic actor * Robert Wilton (1868–1925), British journalist *

Spencer Wilton Spencer Wilton (born 1 February 1973) is a British equestrian. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Together with the British dressage team he won silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IO ...

(born 1983), British equestrian * William de Wylton (or Wilton), English medieval university chancellor * Wilton Sampaio, Brazilian football referee

Fictional characters

Mavis Wilton Mavis Wilton (also Riley) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'', played by Thelma Barlow. A long-running series regular, Mavis appeared in the show for 26 years from 1971 to 1997. Introduced for ...

(née Riley), from the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' *

Derek Wilton Derek Bernard Wilton is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'', portrayed by Peter Baldwin. He appeared in the show intermittently between 1976 and 1987, before becoming a regular from 1988 until the char ...

, Mavis's husband * Harrison Wilton and Meadow Wilton, from the American TV series '' American Horror Story: Cult''

Given name

* Effie Marie Wilton later

Effie Bancroft Marie Effie Wilton, Lady Bancroft (1839–1921) was an English actress and theatre manager. She appeared onstage as Marie Wilton until after her marriage in December 1867 to Squire Bancroft, when she adopted his last name. Bancroft and her husb ...

(1839–1921), English actress and theatre manager * Wilton R. Earle (1902–1964), American cell biologist *

Wilton Ivie Vaine Wilton Ivie (March 28, 1907 – August 8, 1969) was an American arachnologist, who described hundreds of new species and many new genera of spiders, both under his own name and in collaboration with Ralph Vary Chamberlin. He was employed by ...

(1907–1969), American arachnologist *

Wilton Mkwayi Wilton Zimasile Mkwayi (17 December 1923 – 24 July 2004) was an African National Congress veteran and one of the first six members of Umkonto weSizwe to be sent for military training. Early life Wilton “Bri-Bri” Zimasile Mkwayi was born ...

(1923–2004), South African activist and politician, member of uMkhonto we Sizwe *

Wilt Chamberlain Wilton Norman Chamberlain (; August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American professional basketball player who played as a center. Standing at tall, he played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 years and is widely reg ...

(1936–1999), full name Wilton Norman Chamberlain, American basketball player and actor * Wilton (footballer) (1947-2009), Brazilian football midfielder and manager *

Wílton Figueiredo Wílton Aguiar Figueiredo (; born 17 March 1982 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a midfielder and forward. Club career Ceará and GAIS A native of São Paulo, Brazil, Figueiredo has played with such talents as AC ...

(born 1982), Brazilian football midfielder *

Wilton López Wilton López (born July 19, 1983) is a Nicaraguan former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and Colorado Rockies. Professional career López signed with the New York Yankees in 2002 ...

(born 1983), Nicaraguan baseball player * Wilton Speight (born 1994), American football player

Other uses

* Wilton carpet, a specific type of pile carpet *

Wilton culture The Wilton culture is the name given by archaeologists to an archaeological culture which was common to parts of south and east Africa around six thousand years ago, during the Stone Age period. The culture is characterized by a greater number of ...

, an archaeological culture from Africa * Wilton Brands, a baking, cake decorating and candy making company owned by

Dr. Oetker Dr. Oetker () is a German multinational company that produces baking powder, cake mixes, frozen pizza, pudding, cake decoration, cornflakes, party candles, and various other products. The company is a wholly owned branch of the Oetker Group, ...

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