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Wilton.

A number of places in England:

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈwɪltən/
  1. A number of places in England: A hamlet in Haile parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref NY0311).

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  2. A number of places in England: A village in Bridstow parish, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO5824).

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  3. A number of places in England: A village and civil parish (served by Allerston and Wilton Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE8682).

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  4. A number of places in England: A small village (and castle) in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref NZ5819).

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  5. A number of places in England: A suburb of Taunton, Somerset (OS grid ref ST2224).

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  6. A number of places in England: A town and civil parish with a town council near Salisbury, Wiltshire, famed for the Wilton carpets (OS grid ref SU0931).

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  7. A number of places in England: A village in Grafton parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU2661).

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  8. A parish of the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.

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  9. A suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.

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  10. A small town in New South Wales, Australia.

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  11. A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.

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  12. A village in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe.

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  13. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Wilton No. 472) in western Saskatchewan, Canada.

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  14. A number of places in the United States: A small town in Shelby County, Alabama.

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  15. A number of places in the United States: A small town in Little River County, Arkansas.

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  16. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California.

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  17. A number of places in the United States: A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

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  18. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and township in Will County, Illinois.

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  19. A number of places in the United States: A city in Cedar County and Muscatine County, Iowa.

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  20. A number of places in the United States: A township in Muscatine County, Iowa.

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  21. A number of places in the United States: A town in Franklin County, Maine.

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  22. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Beltrami County, Minnesota.

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  23. A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Waseca County, Minnesota.

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  24. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.

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  25. A number of places in the United States: A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

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  26. A number of places in the United States: A large town in Saratoga County, New York.

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  27. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Burleigh County and McLean County, North Dakota.

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  28. A number of places in the United States: A village and town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.

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  29. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Where this word comes from

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

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

Where this word comes from

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

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