Hilton, Staffordshire

Historical Description

Hilton, a township in Wolverhampton parish, Staffordshire, 2 miles NE of Bushbury station on the L. & N.W.R., and 5 NNE of Wolverhampton. Acreage, 870; population, 64. Hilton Hall, the seat of the lord of the manor, is an ancient mansion which was enlarged and altered in 1830. A small Cistercian abbey was founded here in 1223 by Henry de Andley, and given at the dissolution to the Astons of Tixal.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Hilton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hilton)

Maps

Online maps of Hilton are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)