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Bilton

Bilton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places in Northumberland and Yorkshire called Bilton from an Old English personal name Billa + Old English tūn ‘enclosure settlement’. There is also a Bilton in Warwickshire of which the first element is probably Old English beolone ‘henbane’ (compare Belton ).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Hilton, Wilton, Milton, Kilton, Tilton, Belton, Winton, Bitton
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 3030

William Bilton 1739-1806
Mary Wilson 1736-1806

Rev. Joseph Wilson 1722-1810

Plot No. 3031

William Bilton 1694-1749
Richard Bilton 1698-1769
Ann Bilton 1711-1799

Plot No.3032

Ann Bilton 1742-1819

William Bilton Plot 3030

# Bilton Plot 3031

Ann Bilton Plot 3032

Inscription

Here
Lieth Interred The Body Of
William Bilton Late Of Tang In
This Parish Who Died On The 4^th
Day Of June 1806 In The 68^th Year
Of His Age
Also The Body Of Mary His
Sister; Wife Of The Rev. J Wilson
Of Hampsthwaite Who Departed
This Life On The 18^th Day Of De
ember A.D. 1806 Aged 70 Yrs
In Spe Beata Resurrection Vale Vale
Also The Mortal Remains
Of The Above Named Reverend
Joseph Wilson Formerly Vicar
Of This Parish Who Died In The
Sixth Day Of November A.D. 1810
Aged 88 Years

Here Lieth The Body Of
William Bilton Late Of Clap
ham Green In This Parish Who
Departed This Liife The 7^th Day
of September Anno Domi
1749 in the 55^th Year Of His
Age
Here Also Lieth The Body Of
Richard Bilton Late of The
Tang In This Parish Brother
To The Above William Bilton
Who Departed this Life The
24th Day Of August Anno
Domi 1769 In The 70^th Year
Of His Age
Here Lies The Body Of Ann
Bilton Wife Of The Above Named
William Bilton Who Departed This
Life The 26^th Of April 1799 In The 88^th
Year Of Her Life

Sacred
To The Memory Of Ann Bilton
Of Tang In This Parish Sister Of
William Bilton And Mary Wilson
Whose Mortal Remains Are
Deposited On The South Side Of
This Stone She Died On The 12^th
Day Of August A.D. 1819 In The 78th
Year Of Her Age

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
3030	W BILTON	18/12/1806	?
3031	? BILTON	?	?
3030	W BILTON	18/12/1806	?

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