The Doomsday Book says that ‘Widton, Wilton or Wiltone’ had been part of a large manor held by Archbishop Eldred, which had 30 carucates or more, and 18 ploughs. Archbishop Thomas had it in 1087, there were 15 rentpayers and 7 ploughs then. ‘A church is there and a priest.’ The manor also included Fridaythorpe.
The church is recorded as dedicated to St Edith of Wilton c. 1060 (Wood 2012, 78, n.1.). Thomas Allen, writing in 1831, says ‘the church peculiar is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael…’. It is currently St Edith.