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__NOTOC__ Bilton is a suburb of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, situated to the north-east of the town centre. ==History== Bilton was first recorded (as ''Billeton'') in the Domesday Book in 1086. The name is of Old English origin and means "farmstead of a man named Billa". Bilton was historically in the parish of Knaresborough in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It formed a township with Harrogate,〔(GENUKI website: Parish of Knaresborough )〕 and in 1866 the township of Bilton with Harrogate became a civil parish.〔(Visdion of Britain: Bilton with Harrogate )〕 When Harrogate became a municipal borough in 1894, Bilton remained outside the borough and became a separate civil parish. In 1938 the civil parish was abolished, and most of Bilton was added to Harrogate. In 1848 the Leeds and Thirsk Railway was opened through Bilton, although no station was built there. The line crossed the River Nidd on the northern boundary of Bilton by a stone viaduct. In 1908 a narrow gauge railway was constructed from the main line to carry coal to the gas works next to the Little Wonder roundabout. The line was closed in 1956, and the only remains of the line are some walls and the underground tunnels that carried the trains. A small museum was opened in the neighbouring New Park School, where the line used to come out above ground. The school has recently created a garden to commemorate the line. The area of Bilton west of the railway line was developed in the 19th and 20th centuries. The parish church of St John, designed by Gilbert Scott, was built between 1851 and 1857. It is now a Grade II * listed building. The area east of the railway has remained rural, with scattered houses now known as Old Bilton. Bilton Hall, east of Old Bilton, was once a hunting lodge built on the orders of John O'Gaunt in 1380. It later belonged to William Slingsby (who discovered the first spa well in Harrogate). The building was rebuilt in 1853 and is now a care home. It lies on a hill facing Knaresborough. The main railway line through Bilton was closed in 1969. In 2013 it was reopened as a cycle way and bridleway known as the Nidderdale Greenway. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bilton, Harrogate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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