Silton
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Silton is a village in north Dorset
, England
, situated in the Blackmore Vale
four miles north west of Gillingham
. The village has a population
of 134 .
It was for many years the country residence of Sir Hugh Wyndham
(1602-1684), whose memorial by the sculptor Jan van Nost is in the parish church of St Nicholas.
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, situated in the Blackmore Vale
Blackmore Vale
The Blackmore Vale is a vale, or wide valley, in north Dorset, and to a lesser extent south Somerset and southwest Wiltshire in southern England. The vale is part of the Stour valley...
four miles north west of Gillingham
Gillingham, Dorset
Gillingham is a town in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. The town is the most northerly in the county. It is 3 miles south of the A303 lying on the B3092 and B3081. It is near to the town of Shaftesbury which lies 7 miles to the south east. Neighbouring hamlets included Peacemarsh, Bay...
. The village has a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 134 .
It was for many years the country residence of Sir Hugh Wyndham
Sir Hugh Wyndham
Sir Hugh Wyndham SL , of Silton, English judge, was born at Orchard Wyndham, Somerset, the eighth son of Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham, and his wife, Joan, daughter of Sir Henry Portman...
(1602-1684), whose memorial by the sculptor Jan van Nost is in the parish church of St Nicholas.