 Pilsley is mentioned in the Domesday Book as one of the manors belonging to Walter D'Aincourt.Prior to 1800, Pilsley was an agricultural settlement and consisted of Upper Pilsley and Nether Pilsley.Few of the houses from that period still exist, these being some of on the corner of Station Road and Sitwell Grange Lane near the Primary School; others around Barlow Bank, Barlow Bank Farm and Grange Farm in Upper Pilsley near the site of the village well.