Wilton

Meanings

1. A number of places in England:
2. A hamlet in Haile parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref NY0311).
3. A village in Bridstow parish, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5824).
4. A village and civil parish (served by Allerston and Wilton Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE8682).
5. A small village (and castle) in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ5819).
6. A suburb of Taunton, Somerset (OS grid ref ST2224).
7. A town and civil parish with a town council near Salisbury, Wiltshire, famed for the Wilton carpets (OS grid ref SU0931).
8. A village in Grafton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2661).
9. A parish of the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.
10. A suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
11. A small town in New South Wales, Australia.
12. A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.

1. A type of carpet, originally made in the town of Wilton.

Etymology

From either Old English welig (“willow”) or wella (“spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).