BILSTHORPE, a parish in the South-clay division
of the wapentake of BASSETLAW, county of NOTTINGHAM,
5.miles (S.) from Ollerton, containing 252 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Nottingham, and diocese of York,
rated in the king's books at £5. 1. 8., and in the patronage
of the Rev. Lumley Savile1. The church is
dedicated to St. Margaret.