A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PILLING, a village and a township-chapelry in Garstang parish, Lancashire. The village stands near Lancaster bay, 6½ miles W of Scorton r. station, and 6½ N Wby W of Garstang; and has a post-office under Preston. The chapelry comprises 8,017 acres. Real property, £6, 850. Pop. in 1851, 1, 281; in 1861, 1, 388. Houses, 234. Much of the land is peat-moss; and large quantities of turf are cut. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £124.* Patrons, E. Hornby and J. Gardner, Esqs. The church was rebuilt in 1735. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a slightlyendowed national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a town ship-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Garstang CP/AP Pilling CP/Ch Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Pilling |
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