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HILTON, or Helton-Bacon, a township in Appleby St. Michael parish, Westmoreland; on an affluent of the river Eden, 3¼ miles E of Appleby. Acres, 4, 182. Real property, with Murton, £2, 028; of which £193 are in mines and £14 in quarries. Pop., 253. Houses, 53. The manor belonged formerly to the Viponts, the Bacons, and the Heltons; and belongs now to the Lowthers. Much of the surface is upland, and includes Hilton fell. Lead ore is mined.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Westmorland AncC |
| Place names: | HELTON BACON | HILTON | HILTON OR HELTON BACON |
| Place: | Hilton |
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