Bilstone
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Bilstone is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shackerstone, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. It is approximately west from the county town and city of Leicester, and east from Twycross and the A444 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 68.
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- Shackerstone
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Bilstone is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shackerstone, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England. It is approximately west from the county town and city of Leicester, and east from Twycross and the A444 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 68.
The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Bildr' or 'farm/settlement on a corner or angle'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bilstone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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