Description
Bilton, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands 2 miles SW of Rugby, under which it has a post office, and at which is the money order and telegraph office. The parish comprises 2306 acres; population of the civil parish, 1894; of the ecclesiastical, 803. Bilton Hall, built in 1623, was purchased by Addison in 1711 prior to his marriage with the Countess of Warwick, and contains portraits by Vandyke, Kneller, and other painters. The manor house contains a fine Madonna by Perngino. Bilton Grange, formerly the seat of the Hume family, is now a private school.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £321. The church is a good Decorated structure, with graceful octagonal spire. It was restored and enlarged in 1872; contains some good stained windows, sedilia, and a piscina ; the finely carved oaken organ-case formerly belonged to St John's College, Cambridge. The vicarage of New Bilton is a separate charge, constituted in 1867. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and a reading and news room., See BILTOM, NEW.
