how is James Pilkington and Rivington and Blackrod High School connected?
James Pilkington (bishop) James Pilkington (1520–1576), was born in Rivington, Lancashire, England. He became the first Protestant Bishop of Durham from 1561 until his death in 1576. He founded Rivington Grammar School and was an Elizabethan author and orator.
Hubert Pilkington Hubert Carlisle Pilkington (23 October 1879 – 17 June 1942) was an English first-class cricketer active 1899–1904 who played for Middlesex and Oxford University. He was born in Liverpool, educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, and died in Letchworth.