Bilsborrow is a village and former

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, now in the parish of

Myerscough and Bilsborrow Myerscough and Bilsborrow () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England. It was formed on 1 April 2003 as a merger of the former parishes of Bilsborrow and Myerscough, Lancashire, Myerscough, and ...

, in the Wyre district, in the county of

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, England. The village population at the 2011 census was 632. It is on the

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and the

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. It is approximately east of Myerscough. Bilsborrow has a

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, a

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and local shop, and a fish and chip shop, St Hilda's Church of England church and two

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s, the Roebuck and the White Bull, a canalside

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Owd Nell's Tavern, a

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hotel, a canalside lodge, a

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, 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. Bilsborrow Methodist Chapel - geograph

Civil parish

Bilsborrow was formerly a

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in the parish of

Garstang Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster. In 2011, the parish had a total resident population of 4,26 ...

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

References

*''Philip's Street Atlas''; p. 159

External links

Villages in Lancashire Former civil parishes in Lancashire Geography of the Borough of Wyre {{Lancashire-geo-stub