Description
Pilham, a pleasant village and a parish in Lincolnshire, half a mile S of Blyton station on the M.S. & L.R, main line, and 4 1/4 miles NE by E of Gainsborough. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Gainsborough. Acreage of the civil parish, 665 ; population, 60; of the ecclesiastical, 92. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln ; gross value, £160 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The parish was formerly of greater extent, but in 1885 a considerable portion was transferred to the neighbouring parish of Blyton. The church, which was greatly improved in 1884, is a building of stone consisting of chancel, nave, and an embattled western tower.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
