Bilsington

Other current and historical names

Bilsuitone

Parish/Community: Bilsington
District/Borough: Ashford
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°4'24"N 0°54'38"E
Eastings/Northings: 604008, 134486
OS Grid: TR040344
Mapcode Local: GBR SZ1.P2G
Mapcode Global: FRA D6S8.YDK

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

Bilsington in historic gazetteers

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

Bilsington, par., E. Kent, 6 miles SE. of Ashford, 2844 ac., pop. 382; P.O.

Bilsington in the Domesday Book

A village in Newchurch hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth the noble of Kent
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £30 in 1070; £50 in 1086
- Households: 47 villagers; 27 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 14 men's ploughs (15 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 50 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Other resources: 10 salthouses; 2 fisheries

British Place Names

Bilsington, Kent

Bilsington is a village in Kent

Bilsington in historic gazetteers

Bilsington in the Domesday Book