[7] The village is the subject of a 17th-century poem, Upon the hill and grove at Bilbrough, written by English metaphysical poet and politician, Andrew Marvell.

[8] The village is set amongst fields and farmland north of the A64 road on lateral moraine made of boulder clay and gravel, 150 feet above sea level.

[9] A flyover which affords access to the village was opened on 9 June 2005 by the then Roads Minister Dr Stephen Ladyman, replacing an earlier junction that was a known accident blackspot.

[7] The main street in Bilbrough is home to The Three Hares public house and a parish church which dates back to Norman times.

[11] St James' Church, Bilbrough was built in 1876 in a Norman style by Thomas Fairfax upon the remains of the original.