Pilsgate

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Pilsgate

| civil_parish = Barnack

| country= England

| region= East of England

|coordinates = {{coord|52.637592|N|0.426394|W|type:city_region:GB|display=title}}

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| post_town= STAMFORD

| postcode_area= PE

| postcode_district= PE9

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| unitary_england= Peterborough

| shire_county= Cambridgeshire

| hide_services= Yes

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|static_image=UK Pilsgate.jpg

|static_image_caption=Signpost in Pilsgate

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Pilsgate is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barnack, in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Pilsgate is close to the county boundary and {{convert|3|mi|0}} south-east of Stamford, Lincolnshire. In 1881 the parish had a population of 125.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10279835/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Pilsgate Hmlt/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=13 July 2022}}

History

Pilsgate was recorded in the Domesday Book as Pillesgate.{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/northamptonshire2.html#pilsgate|title=Northamptonshire F-P|publisher=The Domesday Book Online|accessdate=13 July 2022}} From 1866 Pilsgate was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 24 March 1887 and merged with Barnack.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/stamford.html|title=Stamford Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=10 January 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10279835|title=Relationships and changes Pilsgate Hmlt/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=13 July 2022}}

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Pilsgate}}

Category:Hamlets in Cambridgeshire

Category:Former civil parishes in Cambridgeshire

Category:Barnack