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St John the Baptist's Church

Memorials	:	131
Location	:	Pilling, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate	:	53.9289910, -2.9114540
Description	:	St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling, is in the village of Pilling, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Garstang, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn.[1] The church is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[2] Its benefice is combined with those of St James, Stalmine, and St Mark, Eagland Hill.[1] It is described as "a fine example of the late Gothic Revival church with much originality in detail The church was built in 1886–87 to replace the older Church of St John the Baptist on a site some... Read More	St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling, is in the village of Pilling, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Garstang, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn.[1] The church is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[2] Its benefice is combined with those of St James, Stalmine, and St Mark, Eagland Hill.[1] It is described as "a fine example of the late Gothic Revival church with much originality in detail The church was built in 1886–87 to replace the older Church of St John the Baptist on a site some 100 metres (109 yd) to the north of the old church.[3] It was designed by the Lancaster firm of Paley and Austin at a cost of £7,000 (£680,000 as of 2014),[4] and provided seating for 410 people.[5] Commenting on the church, the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner wrote "The fertility of Paley & Austin remains astonishing".[3] In 1919–20 Henry Paley, of the same architectural practice, designed a 26 feet (8 m)-high war memorial for the churchyard. St John's is constructed in snecked sandstone rubble with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave with clerestory and north and south aisles, a south porch, a two-bay chancel with a north vestry forming a transept, a south organ chamber, and a west tower with a recessed spire. The tower has angle buttresses and a battlemented parapet.[2] The parapet is decorated in flushwork, using mauve and beige sandstone, rather than the usual flushwork materials of flint and stone; this decoration is continued along the clerestory.[3] In the top stage of the tower are two-light bell openings with pointed heads containing tracery. The west window has eight lights, and also has a pointed head containing tracery. The south porch is in two storeys and has angle buttresses; it is also decorated in flushwork. The aisle windows have three lights, and the east window has five lights with Perpendicular tracery. Internally, the sandstone masonry is exposed and there is an open timber roof. The arcades are carried on octagonal piers. In the chancel is a double sedilia and a piscina. The stained glass in the east and west windows dates from the late 19th century.[2] In the northwest aisle is a window depicting Saint Margaret made by Shrigley and Hunt in 1911, and in the south aisle is a window by A. L. Moore depicting Boaz, Ruth and Naomi.[3] The two-manual organ was built in 1903, but its builder is uncertain. It was cleaned and restored in 1998 by David Wells of Liverpool.[7] There is a ring of six bells, all cast by John Taylor & Co at various dates between 1934 and 1983.

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. St William of York Church
Pilling, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.9235047, -2.8934617

2. St James Churchyard
Stalmine, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.9020510, -2.9533720

3. Preesall Cemetery
Preesall, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.9075410, -2.9635410

4. St. John’s Churchyard
Out Rawcliffe, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.8741650, -2.8959310

5. St. Peter and St. David Churchyard
Fleetwood, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.9238123, -3.0116212

6. Saint Michael's and All Angels Church Cemetery
Cockerham, City of Lancaster, England
Coordinate: 53.9602092, -2.8204877

7. Kirkland Strict and Particular Baptist Chapel
Nateby, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.8961210, -2.8170130

8. Fleetwood Cemetery
Fleetwood, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.9223440, -3.0370570

9. St Thomas with Elizabeth Churchyard
Thurnham, City of Lancaster, England
Coordinate: 53.9819990, -2.8159520

10. Christ Church of Glasson Churchyard
Glasson, City of Lancaster, England
Coordinate: 53.9966870, -2.8421460

11. St Mary Roman Catholic Churchyard
Great Eccleston, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.8535420, -2.8710090

12. Forton United Reform Church Cemetery
Forton, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.9547940, -2.7813920

13. St Anne Churchyard
Great Eccleston, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.8481413, -2.8835925

14. Christ Church Thornton Churchyard
Thornton-Cleveleys, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.8772800, -3.0221100

15. St. Mary's Chapel Ellel Grange
Ellel, City of Lancaster, England
Coordinate: 53.9756944, -2.7918522

16. Garstang United Reformed Churchyard
Garstang, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.9026500, -2.7747400

17. St. Thomas Churchyard
Garstang, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.8992300, -2.7764500

18. St. Michael’s Churchyard
St Michael's on Wyre, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.8628050, -2.8195430

19. St. Helen's Churchyard
Kirkland (Churchtown), Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.8790700, -2.7901000

20. St. Helen's Churchyard
Overton, City of Lancaster, England
Coordinate: 54.0111620, -2.8552950

21. St Mary and St Michael Catholic Churchyard
Garstang, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.8975610, -2.7706170

22. St Johns Roman Catholic Church Cemetery
Poulton-le-Fylde, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.8520854, -2.9873511

23. Poulton New Cemetery
Poulton-le-Fylde, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.8461240, -2.9689560

24. St. Peter's Churchyard
Garstang, Wyre Borough, England
Coordinate: 53.9309510, -2.7591190

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