Bilsborrow Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:53.854°N -2.744°W
Official Name:Bilsborrow
Type:Village
Population:632
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Shire District:Wyre
Civil Parish:Myerscough and Bilsborrow
Shire County:Lancashire
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:Wyre and Preston North
Post Town:PRESTON
Postcode District:PR3
Postcode Area:PR
Dial Code:01995
Os Grid Reference:SD510400
Static Image Name:St Hilda's Church, Bilsborrow - geograph.org.uk - 11806.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Hilda's Church
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Borough of Wyre
Pushpin Map Caption:Shown within Wyre Borough

Bilsborrow is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Myerscough and Bilsborrow, in the Wyre district, in the county of Lancashire, England. The village population at the 2011 census was 632. It is on the A6 road and the Lancaster Canal. It is approximately 1miles east of Myerscough.

Bilsborrow has a primary school, a post office and local shop, and a fish and chip shop, St Hilda's Church of England church and two public houses, the Roebuck and the White Bull, a canalside tavern Owd Nell's Tavern, a Premier Inn hotel, a canalside lodge, a guest house, and a themed thatched hamlet 'village' with restaurant, hotel and tavern.

In 2018, John Cross Church of England Primary School celebrated the 300th anniversary of its founding by John Cross, a local Christian benefactor.

In the former parish is the hamlet of Duncombe. In the 1950s there was a large paper mill at Matshead. The River Brock is crossed by Walmesley Bridge; it is dated 1883 but looks much older.[1]

Civil parish

Bilsborrow was formerly a township in the parish of Garstang,[2] from 1866 Bilsborrow was a civil parish in its own right,[3] on 1 April 2003 the parish was abolished and merged with Myerscough to form "Myerscough & Bilsborrow".[4] In 2001 the parish had a population of 410.

References

Notes and References

  1. Fleetwood-Hesketh, P. (1955) Murray's Lancashire Architectural Guide. London: John Murray; p. 132
  2. Web site: History of Bilsborrow, in Wyre and Lancashire. A Vision of Britain through Time. 5 August 2023.
  3. Web site: Relationships and changes Bilsborrow Tn/CP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 5 August 2023.
  4. Web site: Lancaster Registration District. UKBMD. 5 August 2023.