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Pilsgate

Pilsgate is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barnack, in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Pilsgate is close to the county boundary and 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Stamford, Lincolnshire. In 1881 the parish had a population of 125.

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Post townSTAMFORD
Postcode districtPE9

Pilsgate is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barnack, in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Pilsgate is close to the county boundary and 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Stamford, Lincolnshire. In 1881 the parish had a population of 125.1

History

Pilsgate was recorded in the Domesday Book as Pillesgate.2 From 1866 Pilsgate was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 24 March 1887 and merged with Barnack.34

References

References

  1. "Population statistics Pilsgate Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. "Northamptonshire F-P". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. "Stamford Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  4. "Relationships and changes Pilsgate Hmlt/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
External links
  • Media related to Pilsgate at Wikimedia Commons