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Bilsthorpe maps

Historic maps of Bilsthorpe and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Bilsthorpe maps

Bilsthorpe map

Historic map of Bilsthorpe

Nottinghamshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Nottinghamshire

Bilsthorpe map

Historic Map of any Bilsthorpe postcode

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Bilsthorpe photos

We have no photos of Bilsthorpe, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Edwinstowe, Ollerton, Southwell

Bilsthorpe books

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Nottingham Photographic Memories
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Bilsthorpe books
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Memories of Bilsthorpe

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SCHOOL LIFE LIVING IN BILSTHORPE

My earliest memory was at the age of 5. I vividly remember sqeezing through the school railings at the bottom of my garden to go to school. My teacher was a lady called Mrs Malkin, she was very nice and kind to us all in her class. Someone would bring in flowers every day to brighten up the classroom.
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Shared on 02 June 2009 by Peter Waby.

Nottinghamshire memories

Scout Camp

The 79th Boy Scout Group of which my father Bert Lacey was Scout master for on a number of years used to take us camping on a farm close to Farnsfield, I think it was called Combes Farm. We would get there down a lane off the Ollerton Road. If any none remembers this camp site please let me know. As... [more]

Shared on 04 June 2009 by John Lacey.

Ancestors

My ancestors were farming in Edwinstowe in 1662. I am trying to find out where they were living at the time. They were William and Anne Snowden and are listed in parish records at the time. Wouldn't it be fun to see where they lived?
If anyone knows how I can find out, I would appreciate the help.
Their son, John... [more]

Shared on 03 June 2008 by David Snowden.

ollerton by the sea.

my family moved to ollerton in september of 1957,from ushaw moor near durham.the move had been delayed by the birth 5 weeks earlier of my sister patricia,she arrived on my birthday,so the children of the family had had to stay with grandma and grandad till dad had the house done so we could "just move in"we all piled out of the... [more]

Shared on 25 December 2007 by Ruth Hill.

Ravenshead' My memoirs' by david palfreman

I have recently produced a 28 page booklet with sketches and photographs of my memories of childhood days growing up in the area now known as Ravenshead, Notts.Copies of this booklet are available for customers to read at Nottinghamshire County Library in Glaisdale Nottingham or at Ravenshead Library. Further copies can be ordered by e-mailing Ravenshead@southfieldmill.plus.com at a cost of £3-99... [more]

Shared on 07 March 2009

Grandad Dudley

My Grandma and Grandad lived in a tied cottage in Budby, and I spent many happy times there when I was a little girl. Grandad Dudley was a cabinet maker at Thoresby Hall, and I was given a lovely little music chair by Lord Manvers, but I`m afraid I no longer have it. My Auntie Vera, who also lived in one... [more]

Shared on 05 May 2009 by Penny Bradford.

uncle and aunt

Uncle worked as a cabinet maker for Thoresby Estate. He and aunty lived in a tied-cottage in the village which Lady Manvers visited occasionally. I met her twice in my lifetime. Aunty baked lovely cakes and made chair covers and clothes all on a small hand sewing machine. There was an Aga in the kitchen making it... [more]

Shared on 06 February 2007 by Mr Clifford J Jones.

Nursing

I was nursing at the hospital from December 1952, and the photo that is shown is of the old Nurses' Home, which you went into in your second year, or when on night duty in the part of the building at a right angle on the left. This meant that you had a single room instead of sharing. All the sisters... [more]

Shared on 21 October 2009 by Joan Milligan.

Extracts From Bilsthorpe & Nottinghamshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Bilsthorpe, inspired by Frith photos.

Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album

For centuries, the repair of bridges and maintenance of roads was the responsibility of the parishes in which they were situated, though important crossing points were often maintained through a levy raised from a number of parishes. Between 1678 and 1695 the parish of Kelham was indicted on numerous occasions for failing to repair 'a footbridge situate near the eastern end... [more]

This is an extract from Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album.
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Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album

Newark owes much of its development to the fact that Henry I gave Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, permission to divert the route of the Fosse Way through the town. In the late 17th century the main road from Nottingham to Newark went via Charlton (Carlton), Burton, Gunthorp (Gunthorpe), Horingham Ferry (Hoveringham), Bleasby Ferry and Stoak (Stoke) where it joined the Fosse... [more]

This is an extract from Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album.
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Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album

This view shows Trent Bridge with the Ossington on the left, the castle on the right and the spire of St Mary Magdalen in the background. One interesting fact about St Mary's is that the 252?ft-high spire is thirty feet longer than the ground plan of the main body of the building.

This is an extract from Newark Photographic Memories Pocket Album.
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