Billingley

Billingley
War memorial in the village
Billingley is located in South Yorkshire
Billingley
Billingley
Location within South Yorkshire
Population210 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSE430039
Civil parish
  • Billingley
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBARNSLEY
Postcode districtS72
Dialling code01709
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°32′N 1°21′W / 53.53°N 1.35°W / 53.53; -1.35

Billingley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England, 7 miles (11 km) east of Barnsley. At the 2001 census it had a population of 177, increasing to 210 at the 2011 Census.

The name Billingley possibly derives from the Old English Billaingaslēah meaning 'wood or clearing of the people of Billa' or Bilhāmingaslēah meaning the 'wood or clearing of the people of Bilham'. Perhaps, it may simply derive from billinglēah meaning 'wood or clearing at the hill'.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Census 2001". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 4 April 2008. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2025.