ST MARGARET, BILSTHORPE
St Margaret, Bilsthorpe is a Grade I listed building, achieving the status on 28 April 1986. Also Grade II listed are the boundary wall and steps, achieving the listing also on 28 April 1986.
The church was constructed in the C13th, C14th, C15th, C16th and 1663. It was restored in 1873 by T. C. Hine.
The building is made up of a west tower, nave, chancel, vestry, south transept and south porch.
The west tower is of two stages. The first built in the C14th and the second stage from 1663.
The stained glass window in the nave dates from 1938.
The south transept is also known as the Savile Chapel after the family who paid for the construction. The stained glass window on the south side of the chapel features the Savile coat of arms.
The cylindrical font dates from the C12th with an even earlier base.
Their are various wall memorials and tablets including the roll of honour for both World Wars.
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THE CACHE
You are looking for a councillor who shares his surname with a famous Friar. He died AB October CDEF.
The cache can be found at:
N 53 08.(B-A) (D-E) (C+F)
W 001 01.(E-B) (A+C) (F-A)
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