In 1086, Silton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Seltone;[2] it had 16 households, 11.5 ploughlands, 28 acres (11 hectares) of meadow and 4 mills. It was in the hundred of Gillingham and the tenant-in-chief was William of Falaise.[3] This original settlement was near the church, on a low ridge between the River Stour and a minor tributary to the southwest.[4]
Silton 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. Wyndham's Oak, an historic tree named after Wyndham, stands nearby.[5]
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^"Area: Silton (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^"Dorset S–Z". The Domesday Book Online. domesdaybook.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^"Place: Silton". Open Domesday. domesdaymap.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^"'Silton', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 4, North (London, 1972), pp. 76-79". British History Online. University of London. 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
^"English Tree of the Year 2018 - Woodland Trust". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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