Silton
Silton is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale four miles northwest of Gillingham. In the 2011 census, the civil parish had 57 households and a population of 123.Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 120 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Silton, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Church of St George.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourton and Milton on Stour.
Bourton
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bourton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated north of the A303 road on the border with Somerset and Wiltshire between Mere and Wincanton.
Milton on Stour
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milton on Stour is a small village in Dorset, England. It lies on the River Stour, a mile north of the town of Gillingham. The Church of St Simon and St Jude, built in 1868, is a Grade II listed building.
Penselwood
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penselwood or Pen Selwood is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It lies 4 miles north east of Wincanton, 4 miles south east of Bruton, 4 miles west of Mere, and 5 miles north west of Gillingham. Penselwood is situated 2 miles northwest of Silton.
Silton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Silton, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.06341° or 51° 3′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.31182° or 2° 18′ 43″ westPopulation
120Elevation
348 feet (106 metres)Open location code
9C3V3M7Q+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 436174229OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2637831Wikidata ID
Q771821
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Silton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Silton”
- Bulgarian: “Силтон”
- Cebuano: “Silton”
- Chinese: “Silton”
- Dutch: “Silton”
- French: “Silton”
- Irish: “Silton”
- Italian: “Silton”
- Japanese: “シルトン”
- Ladin: “Silton”
- Manipuri: “ꯁꯤꯜꯇꯣꯟ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Silton”
- Persian: “سیلتون”
- Polish: “Silton”
- Spanish: “Silton”
- Swedish: “Silton”
- Welsh: “Silton”
- “Silton”
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