Bilsthorpe

{{short description|Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England}}

{{infobox UK place

| static_image_name = Road Junction and Rectory Barn in Bilsthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 7267179.jpg

| static_image_caption = Rectory Barn and village junction

| static_image_alt = Road lined either side with housing and fuel station

| country = England

| official_name = Bilsthorpe

| coordinates = {{coord|53|08|N|1|02|W|scale:25000}}

| population = 3,365

| population_ref = (2021)

| shire_district = Newark and Sherwood

| civil_parish =

| parts = {{unbulleted list|Bilsthorpe|Bilsthorpe Moor}}

| parts_type = Settlements

| shire_county = Nottinghamshire

| region = East Midlands

| constituency_westminster = Sherwood

| post_town = Newark

| postcode_area = NG

| postcode_district = NG22

| dial_code = 01623

| os_grid_reference = SK 644607

| type = Village and civil parish

| static_image_2_caption = Parish map

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| area_total_sq_mi = 2.46

| london_distance_mi = 115

| london_direction = SSE

| website = {{url|https://www.hugofox.com/community/bilsthorpe-parish-council-13751/home}}

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Bilsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England.OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000):{{ISBN|0 319 24040 1}} According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,076, increasing to 3,375 at the 2011 census,{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120720&c=Bilsthorpe&d=16&e=62&g=6457608&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1459870868047&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=5 April 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} and dropping slightly to 3,365 at the 2021 census.{{NOMIS2021|id=E04007883|title=Bilsthorpe parish|accessdate=29 January 2024}} It is located near the junction of the A614 and A617, around five miles south of Ollerton, nine miles east of Mansfield and six miles north-west of Southwell.

History

= Etymology =

There was originally a ‘d’ in Bilsthorpe’s name. The thorpe being a Scandinavian invader named Bildr who is believed to have founded the village before the Saxons and Danes. Bilsthorpe was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as ‘Bildesthorp’. John Granby/W E Doubleday, Notts villages: Bilsthorpe, The Nottinghamshire Guardian (1942)|access date 12 May 2025

= Former colliery and memorials =

The village's colliery closed in 1997 after 70 years in use.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2009/02/02/big_picture_tony_gluchowski_feature.shtml|title = Last man out of Bilsthorpe}} The colliery was the centre of national media and public attention on 18 August 1993 when a roof collapsed in the colliery, killing under-manager David Shelton and miners Bill McCulloch and Peter Alcock.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/row-over-mine-roof-bolts-after-three-die-forum-on-safety-in-wake-of-bilsthorpe-tragedy-1462124.html|title = Row over mine roof bolts after three die: 'Forum' on safety in wake of|website = Independent.co.uk|date = 19 August 1993}} David Shelton was posthumously awarded the George Medal for bravery on 11 October 1995 for aiding the rescue of other miners;{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-45207248 |title=Ceremony marks mining tragedy 25 years on |publisher=BBC News |date=18 August 2018}} survivor Ray Thompson also received the George Medal.

A memorial in the form of an {{convert|8|ft|abbr=on}} miners lamp carved from sandstone bearing the names of 77 deceased workers dating back to 1927 was established in 2011.Village's tribute to pit casualties. Chad, 12 October 2011, p.22. Accessed 17 January 2021

A memorial to dead miners was also erected outside the colliery site.{{Cite web|url=http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1995/10/11/BSP111095032/?s=bilsthorpe&st=0&pn=1|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120314095420/http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1995/10/11/BSP111095032/?s=bilsthorpe&st=0&pn=1|archive-date = 14 March 2012|title = Getty Images}}

Facilities

The village has two children's play-parks as well as a small duck pond. It is the northern terminus of the Southwell Trail. It has also a members-only fishing lake created from the remains of the old colliery slag heap.

The village is known locally as being two areas, the 'old' and 'new'. The village has two public houses, The Copper Beech which is located in the old village, and the Stanton Arms which is located in the new village. There is still a local miners' welfare club which is also in the new village.

Bilsthorpe parish church is the Grade I listed St Margaret's Church.[https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101045616-church-of-st-margaret-bilsthorpe#.Yot6Ke7MJPY Church of St Margaret, Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire] britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2024

Bilsthorpe Moor is to the south of the village. It previously housed a supported-living home, LifeWays, for adults with learning disabilities and autism, which closed in 2019.{{Cite web|date=2016-07-22|title=Over 200 jobs at risk as care home operator enters administration {{!}} TheBusinessDesk.com|url=https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/eastmidlands/news/6314-over-200-jobs-at-risk-as-care-home-operator-enters-administration|access-date=2021-01-04|website=East Midlands|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Care home near Mansfield set to close|url=https://www.chad.co.uk/health/care-home-near-mansfield-set-close-1330892|access-date=2021-01-04|website=www.chad.co.uk|language=en}}

Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy is the local education facility for children with access to nursery and primary learning. Part of The Flying High Trust, a multi-school organisation based in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, it opened for the autumn term 2015 and was previously known as Crompton View Primary School.Lessons start at new Academy Chad, 16 September 2015, p.46. Accessed 15 February 2021[https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/planningsearch/DisplayImage.aspx?doc=cmVjb3JkX251bWJlcj02NDI4JmZpbGVuYW1lPVxcbnMwMS0wMDI5XGZpbGVkYXRhMiRcZGIwMy0wMDMwXHNoYXJlZGFwcHNcZGxnc1xwbGFuc1xwbGFubmluZ1xGUjMtMzE2M1xEZXNpZ24gYW5kIEFjY2VzcyBTdGF0ZW1lbnQucGRmJmltYWdlX251bWJlcj0xJmltYWdlX3R5cGU9cGxhbm5pbmcmbGFzdF9tb2RpZmllZF9mcm9tX2Rpc2s9MDMvMTAvMjAxNCAxMDowODoxNQ== Crompton View Primary School Design & Access Statement] Nottinghamshire County Council, 7 August 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2021[https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/131091 Crompton View Primary School (closed)] Ofsted, Retrieved 15 February 2021

There are three local comprehensive schools, the Joseph Whitaker School in Rainworth, Dukeries Academy in Ollerton and the Minster School, Southwell.

The village is home to the Bilsthorpe heritage museum, which is located in the new village.{{cite news |last1=Dilks |first1=Ryan |last2=Watson |first2=Greig |date=28 March 2024 |title=Bilsthorpe heritage museum fears closure over loss of home |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-68674318 |access-date=30 October 2024 |work=BBC News}}

Sport

Bilsthorpe Welfare Youth Football Club won the Mansfield Youth Under 16s Division 2 football championship. BWYFC Bilsthorpe is also the home of non-league football club Nottingham United, one of the biggest semi-professional clubs in the county, currently playing at Step 7 of the National League System and based at Bilsthorpe Sports Ground on Eakring Road. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120829011752/http://www.nottinghamunitedfc.co.uk/ NUFC]

English footballer Mark Monington was born in Bilsthorpe.

Transport

Stagecoach in Mansfield operates several bus routes in the area, including:{{Cite web|title=Bilsthorpe Bus Services |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/bilsthorpe | website=Bustimes.org |access-date=20 May 2024}}

The Sherwood Arrow which links Bilsthorpe with Nottingham, Ollerton, Worksop and Retford
27X and 28B to Mansfield and Newark.

The nearest National Rail station is at Mansfield, for East Midlands Railway services to {{rws|Nottingham}}. {{Cite web |work=East Midlands Railway |title=Timetables |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=20 May 2024 |url= https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables |quote=}}

The Southwell Trail is a shared-use path, which reuses the former railway trackbed to Bilsthorpe Colliery to link the village with Southwell.{{Cite web |title=Southwell Trail|url=https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/planning-and-environment/countryside-and-green-spaces/green-spaces/southwell-trail |access-date=20 May 2024 |website=Nottinghamshire County Council |language=en}}

References

External links

[http://www.bilsthorpe.com/ Bilsthorpe News & Online Community]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20051123034516/http://www.bilsthorpe-village.co.uk/ Bilsthorpe Village]
[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bilsthorpe&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=28.667509,59.765625&ie=UTF8&ll=53.135521,-1.02838&spn=0.010582,0.029182&t=k&z=15&om=1 Bilsthorpe village viewed on google maps]
[http://hfinster.de/StahlArt2/archive-Nottinghamshire-BW-4150-8-21.03.1990-en.html Photograph of Bilsthorpe colliery]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3i9z9JPkZs YouTube video - parish visit journal]

Category:Villages in Nottinghamshire

Category:Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire

Category:Newark and Sherwood