a town named De Bilt

De Bilt is a municipality and a town in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands.


I blatantly copied this article from the archives of the 'De Biltse Grift'...
interesting to learn about the origins of a name but likely no connection


http://www.historischekringdebilt.nl/dbg/archief/jaar-1-(1992)/meijer-1992.pdf
translation in progress

Graauw en Langendam

Graauw is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland - part of the municipality of Hulst -
22 km SW of Bergen op Zoom...
in 2001 the town had 513 inhabitants and in 2010 956.

according to the 1796 census Pieter de Bilde (my 5th grandfather) was the only de Bilde,
not counting wife and 4 children in Stoppeldijk...

location: Zeeland, Netherlands
coordinates: 51d20'0 North, 4d6'0 East.