In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bilsby like this:
BILSBY, a parish in Spilsby district, Lincoln; adjacent to the East Lincoln railway, 1 mile E of Alford. It includes the hamlets of Asserby and Thurlby; and its Post Town is Alford. Acres, 2,820. Real property, £5,111. Pop., 572. Houses, 122. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £123.* Patron, J. Mason, Esq. The church is good. Charities, £7.
Bilsby through time
Bilsby is now part of East Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bilsby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bilsby, in East Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11572
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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