Bilsthorpe

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title: "Bilsthorpe" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bilsthorpe", "villages-in-nottinghamshire", "civil-parishes-in-nottinghamshire", "newark-and-sherwood"] description: "Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England" topic_path: "general/bilsthorpe" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilsthorpe" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England ::

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official_name	Bilsthorpe
coordinates
population	3,365
population_ref	(2021)
shire_district	Newark and Sherwood
parts
parts_type	Settlements
shire_county	Nottinghamshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Sherwood
post_town	Newark
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postcode_district	NG22
dial_code	01623
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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’.

Former colliery and memorials

Main article: Bilsthorpe Colliery

The village's colliery closed in 1997 after 70 years in use. 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. David Shelton was posthumously awarded the George Medal for bravery on 11 October 1995 for aiding the rescue of other miners; survivor Ray Thompson also received the George Medal.

A memorial in the form of an 8 ft miners lamp carved from sandstone bearing the names of 77 deceased workers dating back to 1927 was established in 2011.

A memorial to dead miners was also erected outside the colliery site.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. NUFC

English footballer Mark Monington was born in Bilsthorpe.

Transport

Stagecoach in Mansfield operates several bus routes in the area, including:

• 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 .

The Southwell Trail is a shared-use path, which reuses the former railway trackbed to Bilsthorpe Colliery to link the village with Southwell.

References

References

1. OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000):{{ISBN. 0 319 24040 1
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
3. "Bilsthorpe parish".
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5. "Last man out of Bilsthorpe".
6. (19 August 1993). "Row over mine roof bolts after three die: 'Forum' on safety in wake of".
7. (18 August 2018). "Ceremony marks mining tragedy 25 years on". BBC News.
8. Village's tribute to pit casualties. ''Chad'', 12 October 2011, p.22. Accessed 17 January 2021
9. "Getty Images".
10. [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101045616-church-of-st-margaret-bilsthorpe#.Yot6Ke7MJPY Church of St Margaret, Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire] britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2024
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12. "Care home near Mansfield set to close".
13. Lessons start at new Academy ''Chad'', 16 September 2015, p.46. Accessed 15 February 2021
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15. [https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/131091 Crompton View Primary School (closed)] [[Ofsted]], Retrieved 15 February 2021
16. (28 March 2024). "Bilsthorpe heritage museum fears closure over loss of home". BBC News.
17. "Bilsthorpe Bus Services".
18. (10 December 2023). "Timetables". East Midlands Railway.
19. "Southwell Trail".

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