Editing James Hilton (novelist) (section)

==Memorials==
A furore was caused in the late 1990s, when [[Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council|Wigan Council]] (the Metropolitan Borough responsible for Leigh) announced that a [[blue plaque]] in honour of Hilton would be placed not on his house in Wilkinson Street, but on the town hall. This caused great debate amongst the populace of Leigh, which considered it more appropriate to have it on the house itself, which is only a few hundred yards from the town hall. Subsequently, in 2013, a blue plaque was affixed to his birthplace at 26 Wilkinson Street.<ref name="Leighjournal10262500">{{cite web|url=https://www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/10262500.blue-plaque-erected-in-leigh-honour-of-goodbye-mr-chips-author-james-hilton/|title=Blue plaque erected in Leigh honour of Goodbye Mr Chips author James Hilton|date=2013-03-01|website=Leigh Journal|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref>

In 1997, a blue plaque was erected on the wall of 42 Oakhill Gardens, [[Woodford Green]],<ref name="English-HeritageJames">{{cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/james-hilton/|title=James Hilton &#124; Novelist &#124; Blue Plaques|website=English Heritage|access-date=2020-02-27}}</ref> the modest semi-detached house in which Hilton was living with his parents from 1921.<ref name="PDF-831089575">{{cite web|url=http://theydon.org.uk/lhs/Downloads/LHS%20News%20197.pdf|publisher=Loughton and District Historical Society|work=Newsletter 197|title=James Hilton (1900–1954)|author=Terry Carter|date=12 March 2013|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref>

James Hilton should not be confused with the Leigh businessman of the same name who became chairman of [[Leigh Centurions|Leigh Rugby League Football Club]] after the war and after whom the club's former ground, [[Hilton Park (stadium)|Hilton Park]] (1947–2009), was named.