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.^[1]

Pilsgate
Signpost in Pilsgate
Pilsgate Location within Cambridgeshire
Civil parish	Barnack
Unitary authority	Peterborough
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STAMFORD
Postcode district	PE9
List of places UK England Cambridgeshire 52.637592°N 0.426394°W / 52.637592; -0.426394

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.^[3][4]