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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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