Searching for "HYLTON"

We could not match "HYLTON" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 14 possible matches we have found for you:

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  • If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "HYLTON":
    Place name County Entry Source
    BURTON Westmorland Appleby. It belonged to the Wyberghs and the Hyltons; and was the birthplace of Cardinal Bainbridge. Lead ore is mined. Imperial
    CHIPSTEAD Surrey Hylton Jolliffe. The church ranges from early Norman to perpendicular English; has a low central tower; stands on a conspicuous Imperial
    DURHAM County Durham Hylton, Thornley, Shadforth, New Seaham, Trimdon, Ford, Hendon, Ryhope, Deptford-St. Andrew, and Deptford-St. Thomas. The deanery of Stockton Imperial
    FORD County Durham Hylton ferry, and at Hylton r. station, 3 miles W of Sunderland. Acres, 1, 000. Pop., 2, 036. Houses, 358. Ford Imperial
    Hilton County Durham Hilton , township, Monkwearmonth par., Durham. See HYLTON. Bartholomew
    HILTON County Durham HILTON , Monk-Wearmouth, Durham. See HYLTON. Imperial
    HYLTON County Durham HYLTON , a railway station in Durham; on the Sunderland and Durham railway; at Ford village, 3 miles W of Sunderland Imperial
    Hylton (or Hilton) County Durham works; in vicinity of vil. is Hylton Castle (13th century); 1 mile distant is the vil. of North Hylton ; P.O. Bartholomew
    HYLTON, or NORTH HYLTON County Durham HYLTON , or NORTH HYLTON, a village and a township in Monk-Wearmouth parish, Durham. The village stands on the river Imperial
    Hylton, South County Durham Hylton, South , eccl. dist., Bishop Wearmouth par., Durham, pop. 2647. Bartholomew
    Merstham Surrey firestone is quarried; Merstham House is the seat of Lord Hylton; Merstham Tunnel , N. of vil., is 1820 yds. long. Bartholomew
    North Hylton County Durham North Hylton , vil., Monk Wearrnouth par., Durham, 1 mile from Hylton sta.; P.O. Bartholomew
    ORMSIDE, or Ormes-Head Westmorland Hyltons, and others; and belongs now to Sir R. Tufton, Bart. Ormside Hall is an old seat; and Breeks Hall Imperial
    WEARMOUTH (Monk) County Durham Hylton, and Southwick townships; and is ecclesiastically cut into the sections of M.-W., M.-W.-All Saints, and Southwick Imperial
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