Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KILTON

KILTON, a parish in Williton district, Somerset; on the coast, 6 miles E by N of Watchet r. station. Posttown, Kilve, under Bridgewater. Acres, 1, 691; of which 140 are water. Real property, £1, 510. Pop., 174. Houses, 31. The property is divided among a few. The manor and much of the land belong to H. F. Luttrell, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £213.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is plain, and has a tower.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kilton CP/AP       Williton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Kilton

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