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Listed Buildings In Bilbrough
Bilbrough is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It contains twelve Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". The parish contains the village of Bilbrough and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings, and the others consist of a church and a milestone. __NOTOC__ Buildings References Citations Sources * * * * * * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bilbrough Lists of listed buildings in North Yorkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilbrough
Bilbrough () is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, south-west of York, and just outside the York city boundary. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 319 increasing to 348 at the 2011 census. The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Selby, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. History The name means "The fortress of ''Bila''", a personal name – probably Anglo-Saxon – not recorded but suggested by numerous other placenames. The village and the surrounding parish has an area of 1,390 acres and was mostly the property of the Fairfax family from the 14th century onwards. Thomas Fairfax, parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War, is buried here in a tomb inside the Fairfax Chapel within the village church, beside his wife Anne, daughter of Lord Vere, Baron of Tilbury. Other notable landowners of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
