Billingley

Other current and historical names

Bilingelei
Bilingeleia
Bilie
Biingelie
Bingelie

Parish/Community: Billingley
Unitary Authority: Barnsley
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°32'15"N 1°20'23"W
Eastings/Northings: 443845, 404745
OS Grid: SE438047
Mapcode Local: GBR MW2J.QM
Mapcode Global: WHDCZ.DB6X

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Billingley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Billingley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Billingley, township, Darfield par., S. div. West Riding Yorkshire, 6½ m. SE. of Barnsley, 862ac., pop. 198.

Billingley in the Domesday Book

A village in Strafforth hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Swein son of Svavi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Meadow: 20 acres
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Andor the priest
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Andor the priest
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Andor the priest
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066

British Place Names

Billingley, Barnsley

Billingley is a village in Barnsley

Billingley in historic gazetteers

Billingley in the Domesday Book