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Location	Bilsborrow Lane, Bilsborrow, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Hilda, Bilsborrow
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Saint Hilda
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Henry Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1926
Completed	1927
Specifications
Materials	Stone, slate roof
Administration
Parish	Bilsborrow
Deanery	Garstang
Archdeaconry	Lancaster
Diocese	Blackburn
Province	York

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.

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 £500,000 in 2021). The foundation stone was laid by the Rt Revd William Temple, then the Bishop of Manchester (later the Archbishop of Canterbury).

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. The two-manual pipe organ was built in 1938 by Wilkinson of Kendal. There is a ring of eight bells, all cast in 1949 by Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.