Shilton, Warwickshire

{{Short description|Village in Warwickshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|official_name= Shilton

|coordinates = {{coord|52.45606|-1.40542|display=inline,title}}

|civil_parish = Shilton and Barnacle

| population =

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|shire_district= Rugby

|shire_county= Warwickshire

|region= West Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Rugby

|post_town= COVENTRY

|postcode_district = CV7

|postcode_area= CV

|dial_code= 024

|os_grid_reference= SP405844

|static_image_name= St Andrew's Church, Shilton.jpg

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|static_image_caption= St Andrew's Church

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Shilton is a village in the civil parish of Shilton and Barnacle in the English county of Warwickshire. The village is about {{convert|5.5|mi}} northeast of Coventry on the B4065 road and at a crossroads with the B4029 road, and is the same distance southwest of Hinckley. Administratively, Shilton is in an outlying part of the Borough of Rugby, although it is more than {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} northwest of the town of Rugby.

Shilton is almost cut in two by the Trent Valley railway line (part of the West Coast Main Line).{{cite book|last1=Geoff|first1=Allen|title=Warwickshire Towns & Villages|date=2000|publisher=Sigma Press|isbn=1-85058-642-X|pages=116–117}} The village formerly had its own railway station on this line which opened in 1847, and closed in 1957.{{cite web |title=Shilton Station |url=http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/shilton.htm |publisher=Warwickshire Railways |accessdate=24 October 2018}} A short distance to the northwest of the village is the M69 motorway.

The village contains a number of old cottages along the main street which were historically occupied by weavers, a village hall and one old pub, the "Shilton Arms", historically there was a second pub called the "Old Plough".

The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as “Scelftone”, and was recorded as having eight households.{{cite web |title=Warwickshire Q-Z |url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/warwickshire3.html |publisher=The Domesday Book Online |accessdate=24 October 2018}}{{cite web |title=SHILTON |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/location/shilton |publisher=Our Warwickshire|accessdate=24 October 2018}} The parish church of St Andrew's has existed since the 13th century, but was rebuilt twice in the 14th and 15th centuries. A second north aisle was added in 1865, and was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott.{{cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, SHILTON |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_her/church-of-st-andrew-shilton|publisher=Our Warwickshire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024232256/https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_her/church-of-st-andrew-shilton |accessdate=24 October 2018|archive-date=24 October 2018 }} The graveyard has some elaborately carved 18th century gravestones. There is also a small baptist chapel in the village which dates from 1867.{{cite web |title=BAPTIST CHAPEL, CHURCH ROAD, SHILTON |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_her/baptist-chapel-church-road-shilton |publisher=Our Warwickshire |accessdate=24 October 2018}}

Leicester Road is just past the Shilton arms. Leicester Road contains a farm which field lies next to the Shilton Arms garden. As you enter Leicester Road on the left hand side there is a white house which used to be a pub too but was converted into a house in 2002.