St Hilda's Church, Bilsborrow

St Hilda's Church is in Bilsborrow Lane in the village of Bilsborrow, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Garstang, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary the Virgin, Goosnargh, St Lawrence, Barton, St Eadmer, Bleasdale, and St James, Whitechapel, to form the Fellside Team Ministry.[1]

St Hilda's Church, Bilsborrow
St Hilda's Church, Bilsborrow, from the southwest
St Hilda's Church, Bilsborrow
Location in the Borough of Wyre
LocationBilsborrow Lane, Bilsborrow, Lancashire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteSt Hilda, Bilsborrow
History
StatusParish church
DedicationSaint Hilda
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Henry Paley
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1926
Completed1927
Specifications
MaterialsStone, slate roof
Administration
ParishBilsborrow
DeaneryGarstang
ArchdeaconryLancaster
DioceseBlackburn
ProvinceYork
Clergy
RectorRevd Jeff Finch
Vicar(s)Revd Steve Cooper
Curate(s)Revd Margaret Sherdley
Laity
Reader(s)Delphine Burn
Churchwarden(s)Jane Wright
Delphine Burn

History

St Hilda's was built in 1926–27, and designed by Henry Paley of the Lancaster firm of architects Austin and Paley at a cost of £11,640 (equivalent to £700,000 in 2019).[2][3] The foundation stone was laid by the Rt Revd William Temple, then the Bishop of Manchester (later the Archbishop of Canterbury).[4]

Architecture

The church is constructed in stone with a slate roof. The architectural style is Free Perpendicular. It has a low tower at the crossing, with a stair turret at its southeast corner, and texts inscribed above the bell openings. Inside the church, the pulpit is decorated with carvings of vines. The stained glass includes two windows by Shrigley and Hunt dating from the 1960s or 1970s.[5] The two-manual pipe organ was built in 1938 by Wilkinson of Kendal.[6] There is a ring of eight bells, all cast in 1949 by Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.[7]

See also

References
  1. St Hilda, Bilsborrow, Church of England, retrieved 3 May 2012
  2. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, pp. 182–183, 251, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
  4. The Parish Church of Saint Hilda, Bilsborrow, Fellside Team Ministry, retrieved 3 May 2012
  5. Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 109, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
  6. Lancashire, Bilsborrow, St. Hilda, Garstang Rd (S00035), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 3 May 2012
  7. Bilsborrow, S Hilda, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, retrieved 3 May 2012
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