[1] An earthwork just below the crest on the south side of Life Hill may be a promontory fort.

[3] Two fairs, annually on 23 April and 25 July, and a weekly Friday market, were granted in 1618.

Land tax records of the 18th and 19th centuries give the impression of a village of smaller landholders.

[2] Billesdon became the centre of a new poor law union in 1835, and a new workhouse at the west of the village, with an entrance from Coplow Lane opened in 1846.

The centre has various events taking place throughout the year such as drama productions, entertainment evenings, sports, etc.

The present Church of England ironstone building, on Church Street near the junction with Brook Lane, is dedicated to St. John the Baptist and comprises a nave, north and south aisles, chancel, tower and spire.

The base of the tower and the north wall of the arcade were probably both built before 1250; the upper stages of the tower and the spire are from the later 13th-century; the north aisle may have been rebuilt in the 14th century; the chancel was rebuilt in the 15th century.

When John Throsby visited in 1790 he found the 'principal aisle' was 'crowded with two shabby galleries, not unlike two large pigeon boxes stuck against a wall'.

The old box pews, galleries and high pulpit were taken away in 1864, when the church was restored.

[2] Very detailed arrangements were agreed for the payment of tithes to the vicar in the 17th and 18th centuries, including that he was entitled to the tithes of corn and hay on enclosed land only if the closes showed no signs of ridge and furrow.