Bilborough
"Bilborough is a small, pleasant village and parish 3½ miles west north west
of Nottingham. It contains 255 inhabitants and 1098 acres of clay land, the whole
of which belongs to James Thomas Edge Esq., except the Broxtow Hall estate,
which is the property of Lord Middleton. The church is a small structure, with
a tower and one bell. it is dedicated to St Martin, and is a rectory valued in
the King's books at £3 12s 6d, and now £273. The Rev. William Topham
Hobson M.A. is the rector, and resides at the rectory house, a handsome mansion
built in 1842 at a cost of about £2,000. In 1839, the tithe allotment of
230 acres was exchanged for two messuages and 156a 1r 16p of land in the parish
of Bleasby."
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853]
- The parish was in the Hucknall Torkard sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2442 |
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin.
- The parish was in the Hucknall Torkard sub-district of the Basford Registration District.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The national grid reference is SK 5241.
- You'll want an Ordinance Survey Explorer map, which has 2.5 inches to the mile scale.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1801 |
307 |
| 1851 |
255 |
| 1901 |
202 |
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[Last updated: 5-January-2011 - Louis R. Mills]
