| PADIHAM | ~ Formerly a Chapelry in the Parish of Whalley |
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INDEX TO PADIHAM CHURCHES, CHAPELS & BURIAL GROUNDS
| Bookmark | Establishment and Location |
| Church of England | |
| PAD.CE.01 | St.Leonard, Church Street |
| PAD.CE.02 | St.Anne & St. Elizabeth, Hapton Road |
| PAD.CE.03 | St.Matthew / "The Iron Church", Rycliffe Street |
| Roman Catholic | |
| PAD.RC.01 | St.John the Baptist, Hapton Road, Padiham Green (Green Lane) |
| PAD.RC.02 | St.Philip the Apostle, Slade Lane (Slade) |
| Nonconformist | |
| PAD.Bap.01 | Burnley Road Baptist Chapel, Pendle Street |
| PAD.Bap.02 | Mount Zion, Pendle Street |
| PAD.Con.01 | Bethel Independent Chapel, Guy Street |
| PAD.Con.02 | Horeb Union Chapel, Victoria Road |
| PAD.GT.01 | Temperance Mission Hall, Guy Street |
| PAD.JW.01 | Kingdom Hall, Bank Street / Higham Street |
| PAD.M.01 | Trinity Methodist Chapel, Wesley Street / Morley Street |
| PAD.Pen.01 | Assemblies of God, Ighten Street |
| PAD.PM.01 | Ebenezer Chapel, Station Road / Thompson Street |
| PAD.Qua.01 | Meeting House, Northwood |
| PAD.SA.01 | Citadel / Salvation Army Hall, Guy Street |
| PAD.Uni.01 | Unitarian Chapel, Spring Gardens / Church Street |
| PAD.WM.01 | Hall Hill Methodist Chapel, Hall Hill |
| PAD.WM.02 | Wesley (Church Street), North Street |
| PAD.WM.03 | Cross Bank, Wesley Street / Morley Street |
| Non Denominational | |
| PAD.PC.01 | Knighthill Cemetery, Blackburn Road .. formerly Church of England |
| PAD.PC.02 | Padiham Green Cemetery, Cemetery Road .. formerly Catholic & Nonconformist |
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| For the history of Padiham see - | |
| 'St.Giles Street, Padiham' by the WEA Padiham Branch / Gill Glenn | |
| 'A History of Padiham' by Gill Glenn in Red Rose Magazine in 8 parts | |
| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.CE.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 793341 |
| Name : | St.Leonard (United Benefice with Hapton and Padiham Green) |
| Denomination : | Church of England |
| Address : | Church Street, Padiham (Town Centre) |
| Vicarage : | 1 Arbory Drive, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8JS |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1573-1952, M 1573-1955, B 1573-1875, + MIs |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1573-1826, M 1573-1837, B 1573-1826, 'Laycock' transcriptions at Burnley Library 'Mrs Armstrong' Computer printout of 'Laycock' at Burnley & Nelson Libraries C 1572-1653, M 1573-1653, B 1573-1653, see LPRS volume 16 M 1813-1837 index, at Colne & Nelson Libraries C 1573-1873, M 1573-1839, on IGI for Lancashire |
| Graveyard |
| Small area behind the church. Closed in 1856 except for burials in existing vaults etc A new burial ground was opened in 1853 on Blackburn Road, see (PAD.PC.01) |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed in 1981; 41 headstones dated 1643-1977, also memorials inside the church The new burial ground has not been transcribed |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne & Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1451 Known to be in existence at this date as a Chapelry in the Parish of
Whalley, included the townships of Hapton, Heyhouses (Sabden) Higham Booth, Padiham and Simonstone 1766 Nave rebuilt 1851 Religious census - included 1866 Church demolished for rebuilding 1869 New church opened see Burnley Library Newspaper Index - several reports also see 'A short history & guide book to the Parish Church of St.Leonard, Padiham' by John Cecil Hudson (1958) ISBN/ISSN L000168149 and 'Challenge in Stone', St.Leonard's centenary, 1869-1969 by John Travis and Lillian Carr (1969) ISBN/ISSN L000225916 |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.CE.02 |
| Map references : | OS SD 793335 |
| Name : | St.Anne & St.Elizabeth |
| Denomination : | Church of England |
| Address : | Hapton Road, Padiham (Padiham Green) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
|
Started as a Mission from St.Leonard's Church (PAD.CE.01) 1874 Foundation stone of chapel 1885 Chapel opened |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.CE.03 |
| Map references : | OS SD 794342 |
| Name : | St.Matthew / "The Iron Church" |
| Denomination : | Church of England |
| Address : | Rycliffe Street, Padiham (Town Centre) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| Was part of St.Leonard's Parish (PAD.CE.01) |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| Site for the mission church given
by the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall 1870 Church opened on November 26th with 200 seats 1919 The building had become unsafe and was closed. Now demolished |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.RC.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 793332 (Padiham Green) |
| Name : | St.John the Baptist |
| Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
| Address : | Green Lane, Hapton .. now known as St.John's Road, Padiham |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1870-1941, M 1874-1941 C 1947-1961, M 1947-1954, 1961 |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1870-1941, M 1874-1941, Confirmations 1873-1940, at Burnley Library |
| Graveyard |
| None, in 1856 10 acres of land in Cemetery Road was bought from the Towneley family for the Non-Conformists and Catholics to use a burial ground, see (PAD.PC.02) |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1600s High Whitaker, the home of Thomas Whitaker, a catholic priest, is said
to have been used as a Catholic chapel 1646 Thomas Whitaker was executed 1863 Mission from Burnley 1863 Foundation stone of chapel 1864 Chapel opened 1867 Became a parish in its own right 1880 Corner stone of church near to first church which is still there 1881 Church opened see 'St.John's Church, Padiham, 1881-1981' by Tom Gill (1981) |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.RC.02 |
| Map references : | OS SD 792344 |
| Name : | St.Philip the Apostle |
| Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
| Address : | Slade Lane (Slade), Padiham |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1956-1957, 1959-1962, M 1957 and 1962-1963 |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1953 Church founded 1993 Church consecrated 9th October |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.Bap.01 |
| Map references : | a - b - OS SD 797334 |
| Name : | Burnley Road Chapel |
| Denomination : | Baptist |
| Address : | Burnley Road, Padiham then Pendle Street, Padiham |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1846 Burnley Road Chapel opened, a branch of Sabden Baptist's
(SAB.Bap.01) until 1852 1851 Included in the Religious Census 1969 ? Burnley Road building sold 1970 Moved into former Mount Zion, Pendle Street, Padiham |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.Bap.02 |
| Map references : | OS SD 797334 |
| Name : | Pendle Street Mount Zion |
| Denomination : | Baptist (Calvinist) |
| Address : | a - Morley Street, Padiham b - Pendle Street, Padiham |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1866 A Breakaway Group from Burnley Road Baptist's (PAD.Bap.01) First used the Assembly Room in Guy Street 1870 About this time a new church opened in Morley Street in a tinners workshop 1876 Land bought in Pendle Street to build a new church (Date stone 1876 Mount Zion) 1877 The building became known as Mount Zion 1948 Church closed and the Co-op took over the building 1970 Burnley Road Baptist's moved into the building see (PAD.Bap.01) |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.Con.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 794341 |
| Name : | Bethel Independent Chapel |
| Denomination : | Congregational |
| Address : | Guy Street (Town Centre), Padiham |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1879 Congregational Mission opened in Stone Moor Bottom led by Rev.G J Knox 1880 Moved to rooms in Webster's Buildings, Burnley Road, Padiham 1881 Land bought in Guy Street to build a chapel 1882 At end of year Bethel Independent School Chapel opened 1883 Chapel closed in March Building later used as a Temperance Mission Hall (PAD.GT.01) 1890 Building bought by Salvation Army (see Pad.SA.01) |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.Con.02 |
| Map references : | OS SD 79X33X |
| Name : | Horeb Union Chapel |
| Denomination : | Congregational (Free) |
| Address : | Victoria Road, Padiham |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1895 Split from Burnley Road Baptist's (PAD.Bap.01)
first met in Temperance Chapel, Ightenhill Street, Padiham Land bought from the Gawthorpe Estate 1895 Foundation Stone of Chapel laid 1896 Chapel opened - known as Horeb Union Free Congregational Chapel ? Closed |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.GT.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 794341 |
| Name : | Temperance Mission Hall |
| Denomination : | Gospel Temperance |
| Address : | Guy Street, Padiham |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1880s Used former Bethel Independent Chapel building
(PAD.Con.01) 1890 Closed about this time .. building bought by Salvation Army (PAD.SA.01) |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.JW.01 |
| Map references : | a - OS SD 790341 b - OS SD 79X34X |
| Name : | Kingdom Hall |
| Denomination : | Jehovah's Witnesses |
| Address : | a - Bank Street, Padiham b - Higham Street, Padiham (Town Centre) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1979 Padiham Congregation at Bank Street 1994 New hall - built in two weekends .. Burnley Library Newspaper Index |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.M.01 |
| Map references : | a - OS SD 797336 b - OS SD 795338 |
| Name : | a - Trinity Methodist Chapel b - Methodist Centre |
| Denomination : | Methodist |
| Address : | a - Wesley Street/Hapton Street, Padiham (Cross Bank) b - Morley Street, Padiham (Town Centre) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1969 Cross Bank School Chapel (PAD.WM.03)
and Wesley Chapel (PAD.WM.02) amalgamated to be known as Trinity Methodists 1991 Building demolished, Congregation moved to Morley Street, Padiham |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.Pen.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 794340 |
| Name : | Assemblies of God |
| Denomination : | Pentecostal |
| Address : | Ightenhill Street, Padiham |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1979 Listed in a Burnley & District Directory |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.PM.01 |
| Map references : | a - OS SD 79X33X b - OS SD 79X33X |
| Name : | Ebenezer Chapel |
| Denomination : | Primitive Methodist |
| Address : | a - Railway Street (Station Road), Padiham b - Thompson Street, Padiham (Padiham Green) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1882 Mission from Burnley held meetings in Assembly Room in Station Road 1882 Mission tent in Station Road .. blew down in gales Used the Odd Fellow's Hall 1883 Chapel opened in Thompson Street ? Chapel closed .. building taken over by St.John' (Town Centre) Ambulance - around the 1930s, now used as a kindergarten |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.Qua.01 |
| Map references : | - |
| Name : | Meeting House |
| Denomination : | Quaker |
| Address : | Northwood, Padiham |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| (Register covering Bolton & NE Lancs .. Births 1654-1961, M 1658-1963, B 1654-1961 (see also MARSDEN - Society of Friends) |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1668 Henry Robinson allowed a meeting in his house, so was sent to Lancaster Castle and fined at the next Quarter Sessions 1710 Northwood was licensed as a Meeting House when John Dickonson lived there 18th Century, Northwood was used when the house belonged to James Topper |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.SA.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 794341 |
| Name : | Salvation Army |
| Denomination : | Salvation Army |
| Address : | Guy Street, Padiham (Town Centre) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1890 ? Former Congregational Chapel bought by the Salvation Army (about this
time) 1946 ? Demolished (about this time) |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.Uni.01 |
| Map references : | a - OS SD 790340 b - OS SD 790338 |
| Name : | Nazareth |
| Denomination : | Unitarian |
| Address : | a - Spring Gardens, West Street, Padiham b - Church Street, Padiham (Knight Hill) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1821-1834 + MIs |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1823-1834, M 1874-2000 Burnley & Colne Libraries C 1823-1834 IGI for Lancashire |
| Graveyard |
| At West Street, Padiham OS SD 790340 |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| 13 headstones dated 1833-1874 |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne, Nelson & Padiham Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1806 Started in Padiham by Rev.Joseph Cooke and at first called 'Cookites'
then Unitarian Methodists 1822 Chapel built at Spring Gardens, West Street 1836 Chapel enlarged by adding a gallery .. Graveyard opened 1851 Included in Religious Census = Spring Gardens built 1822 1855 Graveyard closed 1874 New Nazareth Chapel opened at Knight Hill, Church Street, Padiham 1999 Application to remove tombstones etc .. in Burnley Express 24.Dec.1999 see 'History of Unitarianism in Padiham, 1806-1906: a centenary volume' by J E Jenkins (1906) |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.WM.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 790339 |
| Name : | Hall Hill |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | Hall Hill, Padiham |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1785-1837, B 1789-1837 C 1840-1906 & 1932-1950, M 1888-1944 & 1949-1951, B 1847-1960 + MIs |
| Public Record Office, London |
| RG 4/1146 Births / Bapts 1785-1815, Burials 1789-1837, RG 4/2827 B/C 1808-1837 |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| (Methodist Circuit - Padiham was in Haworth, Yorks, Circuit 1747-1775; Colne
1776-1809; Burnley 1809-1861 .. Then Padiham became a circuit in own right) C 1785-1837, at Burnley Library C 1785-1836 on IGI for Lancashire |
| Graveyard |
| Small burial ground off Chapel Walk |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| (Town Centre) |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne & Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1748 Methodism started in Padiham and was know as the Darney Society 1750 Meetings in a cottage in West Street 1758 First licensed house in West Street (also called Old Chapel Street) Burial Ground opened off Chapel Walk, Padiham near Spring Gardens Terrace 1779 Larger chapel built at Hall Hill 1847 Wesley chapel opened on Church Street .. used for next 68 years 1847 Building at Hall Hill sold 1883 Hall Hill building bought back as a Mission Demolished some time in 1950 see - 'Centenary, 1847-1947: a historical sketch of Methodism in Padiham from the time of John Wesley to the present day in relation to Wesley Chapel' by Wesley Chapel, Padiham (1947) |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.WM.02 |
| Map references : | OS SD 792340 |
| Name : | Wesley |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | North Street (Church Street), Padiham |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| ?(C 1891-1931, unidentified chapel), M 1851-1967 |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| Old Burial Ground, off North Street .. landscaped in 1952 and Headstones placed against the wall |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed - 25 headstones |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Colne Library |
| Brief History |
| 1847 Chapel opened1969 Chapel closed. Congregation moved to Cross Bank and Congregations amalgamated to be known as Trinity Methodists .. see (PAD.M.01) |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.WM.03 |
| Map references : | a - OS SD 797336 b - OS SD 795338 |
| Name : | Cross Bank School Chapel |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | a - Wesley Street/Hapton Street, Padiham (Cross Bank) b - Morley Street, Padiham (Town Centre) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1872-1916, M 1895-1970 |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1871 School Chapel opened 1877 Building enlarged 1891 New Chapel built 1892 New building opened 1969 Amalgamated with Wesley Chapel to be known as Trinity Methodist Chapel .. see (PAD.M.01) 1991 Demolished 1991 Congregation moved to Morley Street, Padiham see 'History of Wesleyan Methodism in Burnley & East Lancashire' by B Moore (1899) |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.PC.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 788338 |
| Name : | Cemetery |
| Denomination : | Formerly a Church Cemetery |
| Address : | Blackburn Road, Padiham (Knight Hill) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| Indexed under Public Cemeteries - 69 volumes, 1893-1953 includes plot number of each burial. Also earlier grave papers. |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| Large .. still in use, grass cut, wall for memorial plaques of cremations |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| not recorded |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1853 Opened as a church cemetery for people attending the parish church but this stipulation lapsed |
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| Town / Index no : | Padiham - PAD.PC.02 |
| Map references : | OS SD 794333 |
| Name : | Cemetery |
| Denomination : | Formerly Catholic and Non-conformist |
| Address : | Cemetery Road, Padiham (Padiham Green) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| Large .. still in use, grass cut, wall of memorial plaques for cremations |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1856 Non-conformists bought 10 acres of land from the Towneley Estate .. also used by Catholics |
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© LFHHS Pendle & Burnley Branch 2002