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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"PILLING, a township and chapelry in the parish of Garstang, hundred of Amounderness, county Lancaster, 6 miles N.W. of Garstang. Preston is its post town. The township, which is extensive, is situated near Lancaster Bay, and is wholly agricultural. Peat is dug at Pilling Moss, which partly burst in 1745. The village is straggling. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Manchester, value £124. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was formerly situated at some distance from the village, but was rebuilt in 1731. The present edifice is a commodious structure. There is an endowed National school, founded by Robert Carter in 1710. The Wesleyans have a place of worship."