Pilling, Lancashire Family History Guide

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Pilling is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Lancashire, created in 1756 from a chapelry in Garstang Ancient Parish and Cockerham Ancient Parish.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1630
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1688

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

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 W by 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 slightly endowed national school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Registers

Pilling Registers 1630 to 1721

The registers of the parish of Pilling, in the County of Lancaster : Pilling, Eng. (Parish) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Baptisms. 1630-1721.–Burials. 1685-1718.–Marriages. 1630-1719

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Lancashire, Pilling – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, Pilling, St. John the Baptist
Author: Singleton, Beatrice; Haworth, Roy E.; Haworth, Margaret D.; Jeffs, Stan; Jeffs, Barbara

England, Lancashire, Pilling – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Pilling, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Lancashire, Pilling – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Pilling, 1688-1878
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Pilling (Lancashire)

Parish registers for Pilling, 1630-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Pilling (Lancashire)

The registers of the parish church of Blackley near Manchester 1655-1753 : The registers of the parish of Pilling in the county of Lancaster : baptisms 1630-1721, burials 1685-1718, marriages 1630-1719
Author: Brierley, Henry, 1847-1933; Lancashire Parish Register Society

The registers of the parish of Pilling in the County of Lancaster : baptisims 1630-1721, burials 1685-1718, marriages 1630-1719
Author: Brierley, Henry, 1847-1933; Lancashire Parish Register Society

England, Lancashire, Pilling – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Pilling, Lancs., Eng

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Lancashire
  • Civil Registration District: Garstang
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Western Deaneries – Amounderness
  • Diocese: Manchester
  • Rural Deanery: Amounderness
  • Poor Law Union: Garstang
  • Hundred: Amounderness
  • Province: York