Wilton may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Wilton, New South Wales, a small town near Sydney

Canada

* Rural Municipality of Wilton No. 472, Saskatchewan

England

Wilton, Cumbria Wilton is a hamlet in the Copeland district, in the county of Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into ...

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 The A170 is an A road in North Yorkshire, England that links Thirsk with Scarborough through Hambleton, Helmsle ...

, North Yorkshire * Wilton, Redcar and Cleveland, 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 Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...

, a suburb of Taunton * Wilton, Wiltshire, a town near Salisbury ** Wilton Abbey ** Wilton House * Wilton, Marlborough, Wiltshire, a hamlet in Grafton parish near Marlborough **

Wilton Windmill The Wilton Windmill is a five-floor brick tower mill, standing on a chalk ridge between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire. History The mill was built in 1821 because the construction of the Ke ...

Ireland

* Wilton, Cork, 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 features ...

, 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, 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, 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 o ...

, 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, a New England town **

Wilton (CDP), New Hampshire Wilton is a census-designated place (CDP) and the main village in the town of Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The CDP extends east into the town of Milford as well. The population of the CDP was 1,324 at the 2020 censu ...

, the main village in the town * Wilton, New York, a town *

Wilton, North Dakota Wilton is a city in Burleigh and McLean counties in North Dakota, United States. It is part of the " Bismarck, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area" or " Bismarck-Mandan". The population was 718 at the 2020 census. Founded in 1899, Wilton was named ...

, a city * Wilton, Wisconsin, a village *

Wilton (town), Wisconsin Wilton is a town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 925 at the 2000 census. The Village of Wilton is located partially within the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total ar ...

, a town adjacent to the village of Wilton * Wilton Manors, Florida, 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: **

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 Wilton House Museum is a museum in a historic house located in Richmond, Virginia. Wilton was constructed c. 1753 by William Randolph III, son of William Randolph II, of Turkey Island. Wilton was originally the manor house on a tobacco plant ...

, 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 Wilton, ...

, 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 ser ...

(1955–2000), Australian politician * Joseph Wilton (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, wh ...

(born 1962), American guitarist * Penelope Wilton (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 (1881–1957), English comedian and comic actor *

Robert Wilton Robert Archibald Wilton (31 July 1868 – 18 January 1925) was a British journalist, and a proponent of antisemitism, antisemitic thought and conspiracy theories in the United Kingdom. Wilton, who was born in Cringleford, Norfolk, was the son of ...

(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 William de Wylton DD (also Wilton) was an English medieval college Fellow and university chancellor. William de Wylton was a Fellow of Balliol College, University College, and Queen's College, all in Oxford. He was a Doctor of Divinity and hel ...

(or Wilton), English medieval university chancellor *

Wilton Sampaio Wilton Pereira Sampaio (born 28 December 1981) is a Brazilian football referee. He has been on FIFA's list of international referees since 2013. His younger brother Sávio Pereira Sampaio is also a referee and on FIFA's list since 2022. Prof ...

, 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 a ...

(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 charac ...

, 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 (1839–1921), English actress and theatre manager *

Wilton R. Earle Wilton Robinson Earle (June 22, 1902 – May 30, 1964) was an American cell biologist known for his research in cell culture techniques and carcinogenesis. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, he earned a bachelor's degree at Furman University then ...

(1902–1964), American cell biologist * Wilton Ivie (1907–1969), American arachnologist * Wilton Mkwayi (1923–2004), South African activist and politician, member of uMkhonto we Sizwe * Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999), full name Wilton Norman Chamberlain, American basketball player and actor * Wilton (footballer) (1947-2009), Brazilian football midfielder and manager * Wílton Figueiredo (born 1982), Brazilian football midfielder * Wilton López (born 1983), Nicaraguan baseball player *

Wilton Speight Robert Wilton Speight III (born December 6, 1994) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and Michigan Wolverines. In high school he was a 2014 Under Armour All-America Game selection and subse ...

(born 1994), American football player

Other uses

* Wilton carpet, a specific type of pile carpet * Wilton culture, 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, ...