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HILTON, a township in the parish of Marston-upon-Dove, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 3 miles N.W. of Egginton station, 5 from Burton, and 8½ S.W. of Derby. It contains the extra parochial place of Hargate. Here is a school for the education of children above seven years old, erected in 1655 by Arthur and Thomas Hanson, which is endowed with about 14 acres of land. There are places of worship for the Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. The executors of the late William Mousley Esq., are lords of the manor."

"HARGATE MANOR, in the township of Hilton and parish of Marston-upon-Dove, county Derby, 7 miles S.W. of Derby.”

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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Archives & Libraries

Hilton is served by the Mobile Library on route 5, which stops at the Village Hall on every fourth Friday in the afternoon.

The Derby City Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Tutbury sub-district of the Burton upon Trent Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1841H.O. 107 / 283
1861R.G. 9 / 1958
1891R.G. 12 / 2196
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Church History

  • St. Mary's Anglican church in Marston on Dove is the parish church of Hilton as well.
     
  • There used to be a Chapel of Ease to Marston-on-Dove St. Mary's Church in Hilton village, but there are no remains of that building.
     
  • Grace Church is a relatively new, modern church in Hilton. This is an Evangelical church.
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Church Records

  • The site maintainer has not found an Anglican church in Hilton.
     
  • The church would be in the rural deanery of Longford.
     
  • The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here in 1841.
     
  • Michael PATTERSON has a photograph of the Methodist Church on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2006.
     
  • Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Hilton Methodist Church on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2014.
     
  • The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1847.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Tutbury sub-district of the Burton upon Trent Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"HILTON is a small village and township, in the parish of Marston-upon-Dove, in the same hundred as Etwall, about 2 miles W. from that village. A school-house was erected here about 1655, by Arthur and Thomas. Harrison, and in 1781 the commissioners of enclosures allotted land for the support of a schoolmaster, for teaching the poor children of the parish. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture: by the returns for 1831, the number in the parish amounted to 985, of which 651 were returned for the township."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Hilton Brook runs down the western side of the village. Part of the brook's course has been moved to the west to bypass the village.

Passenger Rail service ceased here in 1962.

Derby Airfield lies just south-east of the village.

M. J. RICHARDSON has a photograph of the 'Black Magic' shop at the Derby Airfield on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2012.

You can see pictures of Hilton which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

M. J. RICHARDSON has a photograph of the Derby Airfield on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2012. This grass airstrip is south-east of the village.

M. J. RICHARDSON also has a photograph of the Hilton Brook pub. on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2015.

J. THOMAS has a photograph of the The Old Talbot on Main Street on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2016.

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Manors

The Wakelyn is an ancient half-timbered mansion, with gables.

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK251311 (Lat/Lon: 52.876491, -1.62833), Hilton which are provided by:

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Military History

During WW2 Hilton had a big American Army Camp which after the war was an ordnance depot for vehicles

Ian CALDERWOOD has a photograph of the old railway sidings at the former Royal Army Ordnance Corps depot on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2015.

The War Memorial is a sundial in the Roma's Garden on Egginton Road, on the south side of the road between Peacroft Lane and Willowfields. The memorial was unveiled in early August, 2014. There are no names on the plaque, but it is dedicated to all the men and women of Hilton, Marston and Hoon who served and fell in all conflicts.

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient township in Marston on Dove Civil Parish in Derbyshire.
     
  • This township was incorporated as a separate, modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient Appletree Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • You may contact the Hilton Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist with family history searches.
     
  • District governance is provided by the South Derbyshire District Council.
     
  • Ian CALDERWOOD has a photograph of the Hilton Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2017. Stop in when they are open and ask for a copy of the schedule of forth-coming events.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Societies