The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Bildr' or 'farm/settlement on a corner or angle'.[2]
A half mile to the south, on Gibbet Lane, was a gibbet post. It dated from 1800, but had disappeared by 1988. The post was close to a contemporary murder.[3] At the west of the village is a Grade II listed early 19th-century farmhouse.[4] At the north of the village on Mill Lane is a disused 18th-century watermill, with adjoined 19th-century buildings. The mill was operational in the 1950s; today its machinery doesn't exist.[5]
^"Relationships and changes Bilstone Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^Skempton, Sir Alec et al. (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: Vol 1: 1500 to 1830, Thomas Telford, p. 276. ISBN072772939X
bilstone, small, village, former, civil, parish, parish, shackerstone, hinckley, bosworth, district, leicestershire, england, approximately, miles, west, from, county, town, city, leicester, miles, east, from, twycross, a444, road, 1931, parish, population, tw. Bilstone is a small village and former civil parish now in the parish of Shackerstone in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire England It is approximately 12 miles 19 km west from the county town and city of Leicester and 2 miles 3 2 km east from Twycross and the A444 road In 1931 the parish had a population of 68 1 BilstoneTwycross Road BilstoneBilstoneLocation within LeicestershireOS grid referenceSK362053 London95 mi 153 km SECivil parishShackerstoneDistrictHinckley and BosworthShire countyLeicestershireRegionEast MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNUNEATONPostcode districtCV13PoliceLeicestershireFireLeicestershireAmbulanceEast MidlandsUK ParliamentBosworthList of places UK England Leicestershire 52 38 41 N 1 27 55 W 52 6446 N 1 46524 W 52 6446 1 46524 Coordinates 52 38 41 N 1 27 55 W 52 6446 N 1 46524 W 52 6446 1 46524The village s name means farm settlement of Bildr or farm settlement on a corner or angle 2 A half mile to the south on Gibbet Lane was a gibbet post It dated from 1800 but had disappeared by 1988 The post was close to a contemporary murder 3 At the west of the village is a Grade II listed early 19th century farmhouse 4 At the north of the village on Mill Lane is a disused 18th century watermill with adjoined 19th century buildings The mill was operational in the 1950s today its machinery doesn t exist 5 Bilstone is listed in the Domesday Book as in the Guthlaxton Hundred of Leicestershire with two ploughlands three households and three freemen In 1066 Countess Godiva was Lord she remaining as such in 1086 also becoming Tenant in chief to William I 6 In 1870 1872 Bilston was a township in the parish of Norton Juxta Twycross with a population of 116 and 25 houses 7 In 1866 Bilstone became a parish in its own right on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Shackerstone 8 John Grundy Sr land surveyor and civil engineer was born in Bilstone c 1696 9 References Edit Population statistics Bilstone Ch CP through time A Vision of Britain through Time Retrieved 19 December 2022 Key to English Place names kepn nottingham ac uk Archived from the original on 10 August 2021 Retrieved 14 August 2021 Gibbet Post Shackerstone Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine British Listed Buildings Retrieved 2 December 2014 Historic England Bilestone Hill Farmhouse Grade II 1188242 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 2 December 2014 Historic England Bilstone Mill 921425 Research records formerly PastScape Retrieved 2 December 2014 Bilstone Open Domesday Retrieved 2 December 2014 Wilson John Marius Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870 72 Relationships and changes Bilstone Ch CP through time A Vision of Britain through Time Retrieved 19 December 2022 Skempton Sir Alec et al 2002 A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland Vol 1 1500 to 1830 Thomas Telford p 276 ISBN 072772939XExternal links Edit Media related to Bilstone at Wikimedia Commons Bilstone GenukiPortals England United Kingdom Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bilstone amp oldid 1129710330, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
