English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Hilton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wolverhampton (det)

Historical Forms

  • Hyltun, Hilton, Hylton 996 (lost) Dugd vi 1443–6 No 1, Sawyer 1380
  • Hiltone 1167 P
  • Haltone 1086 DB
  • Hulton 1248 Fine 1262to1300 For 1277to1519 Ct 1307 Banco 1416 1327,1332 SR 1340 Ipm 1412 ProcJP
  • Hilton, Hylton 1286 For 1567 FF 1755 Bowen
  • Ilton 1555 FF
  • Halton als Hulton 1553 Pat

Etymology

'Farmstead on the hill', v. hyll , tūn .