Bilsthorpe

Other current and historical names

Bildestorp

Built-Up Area: Bilsthorpe
Parish/Community: Bilsthorpe
District/Borough: Newark and Sherwood
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°8'25"N 1°2'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 464625, 360799
OS Grid: SK646607
Mapcode Local: GBR 9GX.31S
Mapcode Global: WHFH6.2B7B

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

Bilsthorpe in historic gazetteers

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

Bilsthorpe, par., N. Notts, in Sherwood Forest, 5 miles NW. of Southwell, 1572 ac., pop. 194.

Bilsthorpe in the Domesday Book

A village in Bassetlaw hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Households: 6 smallholders; 13 freemen
- Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure

British Place Names

Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire

Bilsthorpe is a village in Nottinghamshire

Bilsthorpe in historic gazetteers

Bilsthorpe in the Domesday Book