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Old St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Pilling, Lancashire, England. It stands to the south of the new church, also dedicated to St John the Baptist. The church is "an unusual survival of a small Georgian church".〔 It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II * listed building, and it is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. ==History== There was originally a tiny medieval chapel (28 feet by 19 feet 6 inches), on the other side of village, which was served until the Dissolution by the canons of Cockersand Abbey. In 1716 the parishioners of Pilling petitioned the Bishop of Chester for a new church.〔 St John's was built in 1717. The only structural alteration since then has been the raising of the walls in 1813 to accommodate galleries.〔 It became redundant when the new church was built in 1887.〔 The church was vested in the Trust on 1 August 1986. As Pilling was an ancient parochial chapelry in the parish of Garstang, the building was called a chapel rather than a church. Its minister was a perpetual curate rather than a vicar.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Old St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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