Wilton, Cumbria

Human settlement in England
  • Haile
District
  • Copeland
Shire county
  • Cumbria
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  • North West
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  • Copeland
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England
Cumbria
54°29′06″N 3°29′13″W / 54.485°N 3.487°W / 54.485; -3.487

Wilton is a hamlet in the Copeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is near the small town of Egremont. In 1870-72 it had a population of 253.[1] It was one of the sites involved in a 2010 shooting spree spanning Cumbria, when 52-year-old Derrick Bird shot several residents of Wilton, killing a couple.

References

  1. ^ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wilton". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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