In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bilsthorpe like this:
BILSTHORPE,-a parish in Southwell district, Notts: in Sherwood forest, 5¾ miles NW of Southwell r. station. Post Town, Kirklington, under Southwell. Acres, 1,572. Real property, £1,703. Pop., 197. Houses, 44. The property is much subdivided. The manor was given by William the Conqueror to G. ...
de Gaunt; and passed to the Foljambes, the Broughtons, and others. The old manor-house stood near the church; and is said to have given shelter, for a short time, to Charles I. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £360.* Patron, the Earl of Scarborough. The church is small, and contains several interesting monuments.
Bilsthorpe through time
Bilsthorpe is now part of Newark and Sherwood district. Click here for graphs and data of how Newark and Sherwood has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bilsthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bilsthorpe, in Newark and Sherwood and Nottinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7259
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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