Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HILTON

HILTON, a township in Wolverhampton parish, Stafford; 5½ miles NNE of Wolverhampton. Real property, £1, 256. Pop., 82. Houses, 9. A small Cistertian abbey was founded here, in 1223, by Henry de Audley; and given, at the dissolution, to the Astons of Tixal.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hilton CP/Tn       Wolverhampton Tn/AP/CP/Ch       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Hilton

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