Hilton Genealogical Records
Hilton Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Name index attached to original images of the baptism registers of Hilton. Records document parents' names, date of baptism and/or birth, residence, occupations and more.
Baptism registers record the baptism of those born in and around Hilton and were subsequently baptised in an Anglican place of worship. They are the primary source of birth details before 1837, though are useful to the present.
Baptism registers document the baptism and sometimes birth of people in and around Hilton. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
Records of baptism include child's name, parents' names and dates of birth and/or baptism.
Hilton Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Details on those who married at Hilton between 1813 and 1929. Information given usually includes abode and marital status. After April 1837 father's names and ages are recorded.
Details on those who married at Hilton between 1600 and 1812. Information given usually includes abode and marital status. After April 1837 father's names and ages are recorded.
Marriage registers record Anglican marriages in Hilton. They are the primary marriage document before 1837 and contain the same details as marriage certificates from then on.
Marriage records from people who married at the church between 1837 and 1937.
Hilton Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial records for people buried at Hilton, detail the deceased's name, residence and age from 1813 to 2010. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial registers are the primary source for death documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They record the date someone was buried, their age & residence. Details given may include the deceased's name, residence, age, names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial records for people buried at Hilton between 1813 and 1837. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age.
An index of burials recorded at the church. The index includes the name of the deceased and the date of burial.
Hilton Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A full name index, connected to original images of the registers. These records list those who were eligible to vote and may give a description of an individual's property.
A list of freeholders in the county, with their residence, the name of their tenants and the location of their freehold.
Transcriptions of hearth tax records for the county of Dorset.
Newspapers Covering Hilton
Fully text-searchable articles from a local newspaper covering the Sherborne district. It includes family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more.
A politically independent newspaper, covering the affairs of Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. It includes family notices.
A regional newspaper covering the counties of Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire Hampshire and Berkshire. It covers local and national news, family announcements, business news, legal proceedings and more.
A liberal newspaper covering the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. It includes family notices.
A regional newspaper including news from the Dorset area, family announcements, business notices, advertisements, legal & governmental proceedings and more.
Hilton Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to 295,609 wills of people who lived in or were connected to Devon. The wills they reference can contain a great deal of genealogical information.
An index to Gloucestershire wills from Bristol and Gloucester Diocese.
An index linked to original images of wills, administrations and inventories proved in Dorset courts. Documents contain much genealogical information.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
Hilton Immigration & Travel Records
An index linked to original images of documents for vagrants. These records were draw up for poor people who moved to parishes where their presence was unwanted. They contain much genealogical information.
Indentures and other records that recorded the transportation of Dorset men and women to the colonies.
Details of individuals who left Dorset for New England.
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
Hilton Military Records
An index linked to original images of lists men eligible to serve in the militia. Records may include name, residence, occupation, age, height, marital status, disabilities and family details.
A list of Dorset-men who were in the military and registered to vote as absent.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Dorset, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Dorset, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Hilton Court & Legal Records
Over 60,000 documents relating to prisoners held at Dorchester Prison. The collection includes admission and discharge books and photographs of the latter prisoners.
Documents relating to the licensing of alehouses. Contains details on the proprietor, establishment and conditions of the licence.
Original images of Dorset parish records. Including: poor rates, overseers, churchwardens, vestry, incumbents' and other records.
The records document Quarter Session judges’ decisions in matters that include settlement inquiries, highway rates, criminal trials, registers of settlement, orders of removal, bastardy examinations, apprenticeships, licensing, contracts, lists of justices, and other matters related to the business of running the county.
Original images of Dorset parish records. Including: poor rates, overseers, churchwardens, vestry, incumbents' and other records.
Hilton Taxation Records
Maps delineating fields in Dorset, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
Digital images of 18th and 19th century records that record landowners and their tenants. The taxable value of the land is given, and sometimes a description of the property. These records can be searched by names and place indices.
Transcriptions of hearth tax records for the county of Dorset.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Hilton Land & Property Records
A full name index, connected to original images of the registers. These records list those who were eligible to vote and may give a description of an individual's property.
Maps delineating fields in Dorset, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
Digital images of 18th and 19th century records that record landowners and their tenants. The taxable value of the land is given, and sometimes a description of the property. These records can be searched by names and place indices.
A list of freeholders in the county, with their residence, the name of their tenants and the location of their freehold.
A list of Dorset-men who were in the military and registered to vote as absent.
Hilton Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
Hilton Cemeteries
An index to vital details engraved on gravestones and other monuments across the county of Dorset.
An index to inscriptions found on 56,608 gravestones and monuments in Dorset. The index includes details of relationships.
An index to inscriptions found on over 11,500 gravestones in Dorset. The index includes details of relationships.
Photographs and descriptions of Dorset' most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Hilton Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Hilton Histories & Books
Selected issues of a periodical which contains many historical and genealogical tracts relating to the counties of Somerset and Dorset.
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and images of churches in Dorset.
Short profiles of Dorsetshire churches, containing photographs and bibliographies.
Hilton School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Hilton Occupation & Business Records
A collection of nearly 60,000 documents including crew lists, ship agreements and log books for Dorset. Records may contain information of a sailors birth, life, duties and discipline.
Abstracts of apprenticeship indentures initiated by parishes in Dorset. These records provide details on parents' names and occupations.
Over 3,300 documents relating to bounties offered to farmers by the government to grow hemp & flax.
An article describing the life of labourers in Dorset in the 19th century. Includes details on hiring practices and poverty.
An introduction to smuggling in Dorset & Hampshire.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Hilton
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Hilton Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Dorset' most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Hilton Church Records
The parish registers of Hilton are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths from 1600 to 2010.
The parish registers of Hilton are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths from 1737 to 1838.
Original images of Dorset parish records. Including: poor rates, overseers, churchwardens, vestry, incumbents' and other records.
Abstracts of apprenticeship indentures initiated by parishes in Dorset. These records provide details on parents' names and occupations.
Original images of parish registers, searchable by a name index, covering almost all Dorset parishes.
Biographical Directories Covering Hilton
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Hilton Maps
Maps delineating fields in Dorset, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Hilton Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Historical Description
HILTON is a parish and village, 8 ½ miles west-south-west from Blandford station on the Midland tod South Western Junction railway, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Whiteway, Blandford petty sessional division, union and county court district, rural deanery of Whitchurch (Milton portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The church of All Saints is a handsome edifice of flint and stone of the 16th century, in the Decorated style, having chancel, have of three bays, aisles, gallery with square western tower of three stages, pinnacled and embattled and containing 4 bells: the south, porch has a carved stone roof which appears to have been brought from the old abbey; the church was thoroughly restored in 1891-2 under the direction of Mr. W. J. Fletcher F. R. J.B.A. of Wimborne when the west gallery was taken down and the tower arch opened out, the nave new roofed, the whole of the floors relaid, a new vestry with beating chamber underneath erected in the north side of the tower, the organ enlarged and the church reseated at a total cost of £1,763: the chancel was completely restored at the same time by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at a cost of £400: there are 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1603. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £261, net yearly value £218, with residence and 15 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, and held since 1874 by the Rev. John Marsh B.A. of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge; the great tithes, £167, are held by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Many objects of interest to the antiquary have been found in, this parish; Roman and British coins, urns, spear and axe heads, fibulae and a variety of fossils. On Bulbarrow hill is a circular double entrenchment, supposed to be of Celtic formation. There are several springs possessing calcareous and ferruginous properties. Thera are numerous barrows. The principal landowners are Henry Charles Thomas Hambro esq. of The Abbey, Milton, who is lord of the manor, Colonel R. H, Bingham, of Melcombe Bingham, and Colonel C. T. Hall, of Osmington lodge. The soil is chalk, sand and clay; subsoil, mainly chalk. The land is chiefly used for dairy purposes, with some corn. The area is 2,953 acres; rateable value, £3,681; the population in 1891 was 567.
Parish School (mixed), built in 1863, with residence for mistress, for 120 children; average attendance 70.
Most Common Surnames in Hilton
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Whiteway Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | House | 107 | 1:6 | 18.77% | 33 |
| 2 | Drake | 65 | 1:10 | 18.52% | 92 |
| 3 | Morris | 25 | 1:27 | 6.87% | 85 |
| 4 | Thomas | 21 | 1:32 | 6.31% | 104 |
| 4 | White | 21 | 1:32 | 1.08% | 1 |
| 4 | Stickland | 21 | 1:32 | 3.98% | 40 |
| 7 | Fripp | 19 | 1:35 | 19.79% | 444 |
| 8 | Squibb | 17 | 1:39 | 7.14% | 166 |
| 9 | Thorne | 15 | 1:44 | 3.42% | 57 |
| 9 | Peach | 15 | 1:44 | 7.81% | 213 |
| 9 | Cuff | 15 | 1:44 | 9.20% | 254 |
| 9 | Elsworth | 15 | 1:44 | 7.50% | 203 |
| 13 | Churchill | 14 | 1:47 | 2.86% | 48 |
| 14 | Hannam | 13 | 1:51 | 11.02% | 352 |
| 15 | Riggs | 12 | 1:55 | 3.09% | 76 |
| 16 | Hart | 11 | 1:60 | 3.28% | 102 |
| 16 | Fudge | 11 | 1:60 | 5.07% | 187 |
| 16 | Moulem | 11 | 1:60 | 100.00% | 2,038 |
| 19 | Bartlett | 9 | 1:74 | 0.71% | 4 |
| 19 | Kellaway | 9 | 1:74 | 4.33% | 199 |
| 19 | Lovel | 9 | 1:74 | 90.00% | 2,156 |
| 22 | Smith | 8 | 1:83 | 0.52% | 2 |
| 22 | Brown | 8 | 1:83 | 0.53% | 3 |
| 22 | Watts | 8 | 1:83 | 1.57% | 45 |
| 25 | Mears | 7 | 1:95 | 13.46% | 746 |
| 25 | Dowding | 7 | 1:95 | 5.83% | 344 |
| 25 | Caines | 7 | 1:95 | 5.34% | 311 |
| 28 | Gilbert | 6 | 1:111 | 4.69% | 319 |
| 29 | Norton | 5 | 1:133 | 8.06% | 633 |
| 29 | Groves | 5 | 1:133 | 1.45% | 96 |
| 29 | Hibbs | 5 | 1:133 | 2.54% | 205 |
| 29 | Kiddle | 5 | 1:133 | 8.77% | 684 |
| 29 | Chaffey | 5 | 1:133 | 3.07% | 254 |
| 29 | Fiander | 5 | 1:133 | 7.04% | 575 |
| 35 | Baker | 4 | 1:166 | 0.56% | 16 |
| 35 | King | 4 | 1:166 | 0.51% | 11 |
| 35 | Andrews | 4 | 1:166 | 0.60% | 23 |
| 35 | Oliver | 4 | 1:166 | 1.76% | 175 |
| 35 | Marsh | 4 | 1:166 | 0.60% | 22 |
| 35 | Read | 4 | 1:166 | 0.56% | 17 |
| 35 | Guy | 4 | 1:166 | 1.17% | 99 |
| 35 | Ainsworth | 4 | 1:166 | 9.52% | 866 |
| 35 | Kerby | 4 | 1:166 | 30.77% | 1,847 |
| 35 | Brockway | 4 | 1:166 | 5.06% | 524 |
| 35 | Reglar | 4 | 1:166 | 30.77% | 1,847 |
| 46 | Collins | 3 | 1:221 | 0.57% | 43 |
| 46 | Tucker | 3 | 1:221 | 0.69% | 60 |
| 46 | Woodhouse | 3 | 1:221 | 50.00% | 3,092 |
| 46 | Slade | 3 | 1:221 | 0.90% | 105 |
| 46 | Bellamy | 3 | 1:221 | 11.54% | 1,203 |
| 46 | Hallett | 3 | 1:221 | 0.50% | 30 |
| 46 | Hewlett | 3 | 1:221 | 5.17% | 672 |
| 46 | Trowbridge | 3 | 1:221 | 1.59% | 218 |
| 46 | Tett | 3 | 1:221 | 9.09% | 1,029 |
| 46 | Houk | 3 | 1:221 | 100.00% | 4,444 |
| 46 | Vecher | 3 | 1:221 | 100.00% | 4,444 |
| 57 | Chapman | 2 | 1:332 | 2.70% | 555 |
| 57 | Cross | 2 | 1:332 | 0.49% | 67 |
| 57 | Lock | 2 | 1:332 | 0.72% | 138 |
| 57 | Lovell | 2 | 1:332 | 0.84% | 164 |
| 57 | Coombs | 2 | 1:332 | 0.40% | 46 |
| 57 | Phelps | 2 | 1:332 | 3.23% | 633 |
| 57 | Hellier | 2 | 1:332 | 1.34% | 277 |
| 57 | Morey | 2 | 1:332 | 2.67% | 549 |
| 57 | Hillyer | 2 | 1:332 | 5.41% | 943 |
| 57 | Pittman | 2 | 1:332 | 3.33% | 649 |
| 57 | Yeatman | 2 | 1:332 | 1.85% | 390 |
| 57 | Cains | 2 | 1:332 | 6.90% | 1,118 |
| 57 | Vacher | 2 | 1:332 | 2.60% | 540 |
| 57 | Helyar | 2 | 1:332 | 14.29% | 1,745 |
| 57 | Derryman | 2 | 1:332 | 10.00% | 1,402 |
| 72 | Davis | 1 | 1:663 | 0.12% | 9 |
| 72 | Fisher | 1 | 1:663 | 1.12% | 472 |
| 72 | Sheppard | 1 | 1:663 | 0.60% | 248 |
| 72 | Dennis | 1 | 1:663 | 0.65% | 267 |
| 72 | Joyce | 1 | 1:663 | 0.52% | 213 |
| 72 | Wiltshire | 1 | 1:663 | 2.86% | 981 |
| 72 | Coward | 1 | 1:663 | 0.39% | 149 |
| 72 | Strange | 1 | 1:663 | 0.66% | 272 |
| 72 | Burridge | 1 | 1:663 | 0.78% | 316 |
| 72 | Christopher | 1 | 1:663 | 0.34% | 124 |
| 72 | Hansford | 1 | 1:663 | 0.15% | 24 |
| 72 | Blandford | 1 | 1:663 | 0.88% | 373 |
| 72 | Mullett | 1 | 1:663 | 0.73% | 302 |
| 72 | Elford | 1 | 1:663 | 0.74% | 309 |
| 72 | Byles | 1 | 1:663 | 7.14% | 1,745 |
| 72 | Jeanes | 1 | 1:663 | 0.83% | 344 |
| 72 | Beckingham | 1 | 1:663 | 5.26% | 1,451 |
| 72 | Trash | 1 | 1:663 | 8.33% | 1,933 |
| 72 | Dewland | 1 | 1:663 | 1.85% | 716 |
| 72 | Raindle | 1 | 1:663 | 12.50% | 2,498 |