Bilton, Warwickshire

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Bilton is an area of Rugby in Warwickshire, England comprising most of the western half of the town.

Historically a village in its own right (in fact, many Bilton residents still refer to the area as a village), Bilton's name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Beolatun (Beola's town), and it was mentioned in the Domesday Book as both Beltone and Bentone. The Church of St. Mark in Bilton dates from the mid-14th century.

In the 20th century, Bilton was subsumed by the expansion of Rugby and was officially merged into the borough of Rugby in 1932.

The old village centre of Bilton still survives and is located about 1.5 miles from Rugby town centre (although surrounded by 20th century housing estates). To the north of Bilton is an area known as New Bilton.

Bilton had a population of 5653 recorded in the 2001 census.

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