Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tilton

Tilton, par. and township with ry. sta., Leicestershire, 2½ miles NE. of Billesdon and 9 miles E. of Leicester - par., 3112 ac., pop. 582; township, 1510 ac. (with Whatborough), pop. 235; P.O., called Tilton on the Hill.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Tilton CP/AP/Tn       Leicestershire AncC
Place names: TILTON     |     TILTON ON THE HILL
Place: Tilton

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