Hilton

Suburbs of Fremantle: Beaconsfield · Fremantle · Hilton · North Fremantle · O'Connor · Samson · South Fremantle · White Gum Valley

• Wikipedia article: Hilton, Western Australia
• Wikidata item: Q14935811

Streets

• Carrington Street
• Carrington Street
• South Street
• South Street

Cockburn Sound location 550.

Both 'Hillton' and 'Hilton' spellings have been used.

Was first named in 1927.

Chester Park

Chester Park was the previous name of Hilton Park (the suburb now known as Hilton).

Kate Caldwell, 1931:

... Chester Park ... which is now Hilton Park. When the land was subdivided and put up for sale, a competition was held for a suitable name for the district, and this name was decided on as being most appropriate. [Why?] The location would originally appear to have been granted to one [firstname] McDermott. About 30 years later it came into the possession of Richard Davis, who after his arrival [1848] from England in 1853 had carried on the Half-way House at Point Walter. With the advent of steam, the boats were not using the canal, and it became silted up and the toll-house fell into disuse. He therefore removed to Bicton, and later to the Chester Park property, which he in turn sold to [John] [[../people/chesterjohn.html|Chester]]. At the time of the subdivision it was owned by [firstname] Simpson.

References

Freotopia

This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 9 March, 2024 and hosted at freotopia.org/places/chesterpark.html (it was last updated on 9 March, 2024). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.