Bilstone

• The parish was in the Market Bosworth sub-district of the Market Bosworth Registration District.
   
• The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The webpage author was unable to find any reference to a church in Bilstone.
   

• The parish was in the rural deanery of Sparkenhoe (first portion).
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Market Bosworth sub-district of the Market Bosworth Registration District.
   

Bilstone is a village, a township, a chapelry and a parish which lie about 4 miles northwest of Market Bosworth. The parish covers about 713 acres.

The River Sence flows past the eastern edge of the village. If you are planning a visit:

• The village nestles right up against Congerstone village.
   
• By automobile, Bilstone lies east off the A444 trunk road at Twycross.
   

• Geograph
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• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Bilstone to another place.

• The parish land was mostly small farms.
   

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK362053 (Lat/Lon: 52.644238, -1.466426), Bilstone which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

The War Memorial cross in Congerstone covers Congerstone, Gopsall and Bilstone and honours the fallen of both World Wars..

There appear to be No Commonwealth War Graves in Bilstone cemetery.

• This place was, for centuries, a chapelry and a township in Norton-juxta-Twycross.
   
• In December, 1866, this place was incorporated as a Civil Parish to simplify civic administration.
   
• The parish is in the ancient Sparkenhoe Hundred in the western division of the county.
   
• Between 1881 and 1891 the parish grew from 570 acres to 713.
   
• In April, 1935, this parish was abolished and all 713 acres amalgamated with Shackerstone Civil Parish.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Market Bosworth petty session hearings.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, this parish became part of the Market Bosworth Poorlaw Union.
   

Year	Inhabitants
1871	98
1881	102
1891	91
1901	80
1911	79
1921	79
1931	68