BILLESDON, a parish in the hundred of GARTREE, county of LEICESTER, 8 miles (E. by S.) from Leicester, containing, with the chapelries of Goadby and Rolleston, 751 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £ 14. 10., and in the patronage of the Rev. H. Greene. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. A school-house was built, in 1650, by William Sharp, which has since been endowed, by various benefactors, with property producing about £10 per annum. Here are some traces of a Roman .camp, fortified with a deep ditch and a high rampart. Y2; B I L 164 B IL BILLESLEY, a parish in the Stratford division of the hundred of BARLICHWAY, county of WARWICK, 3 miles (W. N.W.) from Stratford upon Avon, containing 26 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £5. .4.?., endowed with £400 private benefaction, and £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of M. and J. Mills, Esqrs. The church is dedicated to All Saints.