Chilton (surname) Chilton is an English language, English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Alex Chilton (1950–2010), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, the lead singer of the Box Tops
*Allenby Chilton (1918–1996), English f ...
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Chilton Allan
Chilton Allan (April 6, 1786 – September 3, 1858) was a United States Representative from Kentucky.
Biography
He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia on April 6, 1786, before moving with his mother to Winchester, Kentucky in 1797. He attended ...
(1786–1858), American lawyer and politician
* Chilton C. Baker (1874–1967), American politician
* Charles Chilton Moore (1837–1906), American atheist and editor
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Chilton Price
Chilton Price (December 25, 1913 – January 14, 2010) was an American songwriter, primarily known for country music songs, which became pop music hits.
She was born Chilton Searcy near Fern Creek, Kentucky, the daughter of Chesley Hunter Sea ...
(1913–2010), American songwriter
* Joseph Chilton Pearce (1926–2016), American author
* Chilton A. White (1826–1900), American lawyer and politician
Place names
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Chilton, Buckinghamshire
Chilton is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the west of the county, about north of Thame in Oxfordshire. Chilton parish includes the hamlet of Easington (not to be confused with the O ...
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Chilton, County Durham
Chilton is a town in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the east of Bishop Auckland and a short distance to the south of Ferryhill, on the A167.
History
Chilton was originally a mining town and called Chilton Buildings. T ...
Chilton Lane
Chilton Lane is situated a short distance to the south-east of Ferryhill, and immediately to the south of Ferryhill Station. Nearby are Great Chilton, East Chilton, Chilton Grange and Little Chilton.
History
Chilton Lane was developed as ...
location
In geography, location or place is used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous bou ...
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Chilton, Oxfordshire
Chilton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England, about southwest of Didcot. The parish is a historic part of Berkshire, though under the 1974 local government boundary changes was transferred ...
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Chilton, Suffolk
Chilton is a civil parish on the eastern outskirts of Sudbury, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 367.
Once a normal village, Chilton today consists of scattered clusters of hous ...
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Chilton Candover
Chilton Candover is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Candovers, in the Basingstoke and Deane district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It has an acreage of and sits in the valley of the River Alre. The village is si ...
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Chilton Cantelo
Chilton Cantelo is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Yeo north of Yeovil and east of Ilchester in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 445. The parish also includes the village of Ashin ...
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Chilton Foliat
Chilton Foliat is a village and civil parish on the River Kennet in Wiltshire, England. The parish is in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is on the county boundary with West Berkshire and is about northwest of th ...
Chilton Trinity
Chilton Trinity is a village and civil parish on the River Parrett, north of Bridgwater in Somerset, England.
History
Iron Age and Roman pottery have been found at Chilton village. The name Chilton implies a settlement for younger sons.
At o ...
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Chilton, Missouri
Chilton is an unincorporated community in central Carter County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located just north of the Current River, approximately six miles southeast of Van Buren.
History
Chilton was plat
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Chilton, Texas
Chilton is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Falls County, Texas, United States. It had a population of 776 at the 2020 census.
Chilton is located in western Falls County. U.S. Route 77 forms the western edge of ...
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Chilton, Wisconsin
Chilton is a city in and county seat of Calumet County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 3,720 as of 2024. The city is partially within the Town of Chilton.
History
The first residents of Chilton were African-American form ...
, a city partly within the town of Chilton
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Chilton (town), Wisconsin
Chilton is a town in Calumet County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,059 at the 2020 census, down from 1,143 at the 2010 census. The city of Chilton is located partially within the town. The unincorporated community of Bra ...
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Chilton County, Alabama
Chilton County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,014. The county seat is Clanton. Its name is in honor of William Parish Chilton, Sr. (1810–1871), a lawye ...
Other
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Chilton Times-Journal
The ''Chilton Times-Journal'' was a weekly newspaper published in Chilton, Wisconsin, from 1857 to 2017. The Thursday paper was primarily distributed in Calumet County, Wisconsin.USS ''Chilton'' (APA-38)
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Frederick Chilton
Dr. Frederick Chilton is a fictional character appearing in Thomas Harris's novels '' Red Dragon'' (1981) and '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1988), along with the film and television adaptations of Harris's novels.
In the novels
''Red Dragon'' ...
, fictional character in Thomas Harris's ''Red Dragon'' and ''The Silence of the Lambs''
* Chilton Academy is a fictional prep school in the TV drama series ''
Gilmore Girls
''Gilmore Girls'' is an American comedy drama television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. The show debuted October 5, 2000, on The WB and became a flagship series for the network. The show ran fo ...
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* Chilton Company, a publisher commonly known for their automotive maintenance manuals
* 2221 Chilton, an asteroid
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Chilton Aircraft
Chilton Aircraft Ltd was a British aircraft design and manufacturing company of the late 1930s and 1940s.
Foundation
The company was founded in early 1937 by two former de Havilland Technical School students and Old Etonians, the Hon. Andrew D ...