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Population
  
123

Ceremonial county
  
Dorset

Country
  
England

Local time
  
Tuesday 9:39 PM

District
  
North Dorset

OS grid reference
  
ST783293

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Dorset

Silton

Weather
  
6°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 86% Humidity

Silton is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Gillingham. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 57 households and a population of 123.

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Map of Silton, Gillingham, UK

In 1086 Silton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Seltone; it had 16 households, 11.5 ploughlands, 28 acres (11 ha) of meadow and 4 mills. It was in the hundred of Gillingham and the tenant-in-chief was William of Falaise. This original settlement was near the church, on a low ridge between the River Stour and a minor tributary to the southwest.

Silton was for many years the country residence of Sir Hugh Wyndham (1602-1684), whose memorial by the sculptor Jan van Nost is in the parish church of St Nicholas.

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References

Silton Wikipedia