| PENDLE FOREST | ~ Includes Barley Booth, Fence-in-Pendle, Filly Close, Goldshaw Booth, Newchurch-in-Pendle, New Laund Booth, Old Laund Booth, Reedley Hallows, Roughlee Booth, Wheatley Booth & Wheatley Carr Booth |
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INDEX TO PENDLE FOREST CHURCHES, CHAPELS & BURIAL GROUNDS
| Bookmark | Establishment and Location |
| Church of England | |
| PEN.CE.01 | St.Anne, Wheatley Lane Road, Fence-in-Pendle (Fencegate) |
| PEN.CE.02 | St.Mary, Newchurch-in-Pendle (Goldshaw Booth) |
| Roman Catholic | |
| PEN.RC.01 | Our Lady & English Martyrs, Red Syke, Wheatley Lane (Old Laund Booth) |
| Nonconformist | |
| PEN.Bap.01 | Baptist Chapel, Wheatley Lane Village (Old Laund Booth) |
| PEN.BM.01 | Benevolent Methodist Preaching Room, Wheatley Lane (Old Laund Booth) |
| PEN.Ing.01 | Wheatley Inghamite Chapel, Wheatley Lane Road (Wheatley Carr Booth) |
| PEN.PM.01 | Barley (Primitive) Methodist, Barley Village (Barley Booth) |
| PEN.PM.02 | Primitive Methodist Preaching Room (Old Laund Booth) |
| PEN.WM.01 | Barley Green Wesleyan Chapel, Barley Village (Barley Booth) |
| PEN.WM.02 | Roughlee Chapel, Crowtrees, Roughlee (Roughlee Booth) |
| PEN.WM.03 | Wheatley Lane Wesleyan Chapel, Wheatley Lane Road (Old Laund Booth) |
| PEN.WM.04 | Sabden Hall Chapel, Sabden Fold, Newchurch-in-Pendle (Goldshaw Booth) |
| PEN.WM.05 | Preaching Room, Pendle Bottoms (Reedley Hallows) |
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| For the history of Pendle Forest see - | |
| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.CE.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 825372 |
| Name : | St.Anne (1984 United Benefice with St.Mary, Newchurch-in-Pendle) (2002 United with St.John, Higham) |
| Denomination : | Church of England |
| Address : | Wheatley Lane Road, Fence-in-Pendle (Fencegate) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1837-1983, M 1838-1981, B 1837-1899 + MIs |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1837-1900, M 1838-1900, B 1837-1899, Banns 1888-1900, at Burnley & Nelson Libraries |
| Graveyard |
| Small, area behind the church still in use. Some recent burials Grass cut, Garden of Remembrance for Ashes |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed in 1981 - 110 headstones |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne and Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1837 Church built 1984 Parish united with St Mary, Newchurch-in-Pendle (PEN.CE.02) 2002 Parish united with St.John, Higham (HIG.CE.01) St.Mary (PEN.CE.02) now united with St.Thomas, Barrowford (BAR.CE.01) |
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| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.CE.02 |
| Map references : | OS SD 823394 |
| Name : | St.Mary (United with St.Thomas, Barrowford) |
| Denomination : | Church of England |
| Address : | Newchurch-in-Pendle (Goldshaw Booth) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1721-1927, M 1721-1935, B 1721-1856 + MIs (The original registers before 1721 were lost in the early 1900s after they were indexed The Bishop's Transcripts start 1599 but many years are missing) |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers, in various forms - dates covered |
| C 1721-1900, M 1721-1856, B 1721-1900, Banns at Nelson Library Index to earlier registers, Name & year only, at Nelson Library C 1721-1900, M 1721-1900, B 1721-1856, Banns 1788-1900, at Burnley Library C 1721-1799, M 1746-1813, B 1721-1799, 'Laycock' transcript at Burnley Library M 1813-1837 Index, at Colne & Nelson Libraries C 1720-1798, 1834-1836, M 1835-1836 on IGI for Lancashire |
| Graveyard |
| Medium size. Grass cut. Still in use. Some recent burials |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed in 1982 - 401 headstones dated 1651-1980 |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne and Nelson Libraries Parish - includes Barley with Wheatley Booth, Wheatley Carr Booth, Old Laund Booth, Goldshaw Booth & Roughlee Booth |
| Brief History |
| 1250 In existence - in the parish of the Chapel of St.Michael in Clitheroe Castle 1365 Brought into the parish of Whalley 1544 New church built (?not on original site) 1740 New church built (except for the tower) 1850 Church restored 1851 Religious Census = Consecrated 1653 1902 Church restored 1984 Parish combined with St.Anne, Fence-in-Pendle (PEN.CE.01) 2002 Now combined with St.Thomas, Barrowford (BAR.CE.01) see 'A sketch of the history of the parish of Newchurch-in-Pendle' by J S B Wallis (1945) also 'In Pendle's Shadow - The Newchurch Story' by John Hope |
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| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.RC.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 835381 |
| Name : | Our Lady & English Martyrs |
| Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
| Address : | Red Syke, Wheatley Lane Road, Fence .. near Tunstill Fold (Old Laund Booth) |
| 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 |
| 1900 A small chapel founded about this time on Barrowford Road in the village
of Wheatley Lane near to Tunstill Fold. The Chapel was served from St.Joseph's Church, Nelson (NEL.RC.03) ? Closed |
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| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.Bap.01 |
| Map references : | Shown on map of 1848 |
| Name : | Baptist Chapel |
| Denomination : | Baptist (Scottish) |
| Address : | Walton Row, Wheatley Lane Village (Old Laund Booth) |
| 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 |
| 1836 Founded ? 1848 Shown on map of 1848 1851 Religious Census = erected 1836 |
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| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.BM.01 |
| Map references : | |
| Name : | Benevolent Methodist Preaching Room |
| Denomination : | Benevolent Methodist |
| Address : | Wheatley Lane Village (Old Laund Booth) |
| 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 |
| 1841 Founded? 1851 Religious Census = 1841, a chamber with steps outside and a dwelling house underneath made into a school & preaching room (60 seats) |
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| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.Ing.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 839384 |
| Name : | Wheatley Inghamite Chapel |
| Denomination : | Inghamite |
| Address : | Wheatley Lane Road, Fence-in-Pendle (Wheatley Carr Booth) (now part of The Parish of Old Laund Booth) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| MIs, see Fence, Wheatley Lane |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1751-1866, B 1751-1837, 'Laycock'
transcript at Burnley Library C 1751-1866 on IGI for Lancashire |
| Graveyard |
| Large - about 24,000 burials to date Non-conformists from Burnley, Brierfield & Nelson were buried here. The old part of the burial ground is overgrown in summer Still in use, also an area for memorials of cremations |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Part of the graveyard was transcribed in 1980 - 446 headstones |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Colne & Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1749 Start of building of Chapel 1851 Religious Census = Chapel built 1750 1856 No marriages before this date (Wheatley Carr Booth was in the Castle parish of Clitheroe and marriages should have taken place at St.Mary Magdalene in Clitheroe before 1856). The original marriage register 1856-1943 is missing 1896 Chapel enlarged see ' Inghamite church history: collected from the memoirs and journals of the Rev.Mr.Benjamin Ingham ...' |
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| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.PM.01 |
| Map references : | a - OS SD 821406 b - OS SD 822406 |
| Name : | a - Primitive Methodist Chapel
("Ranters") b - Barley Methodist Church |
| Denomination : | Primitive Methodist |
| Address : | Barley Village (Barley Booth) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1854-1969 at Nelson Library |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Memorial inscriptions on 'corner' stones |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1822 Started by a group who broke away from the Wesleyan Chapel
(PEN.WM.01)
in the village and built their own chapel - between a stream and the road leading out of the
village towards Downham. (Now a private house, which may be seen from the public footpath on
the other side of the stream) 1838 Chapel enlarged 1851 Religious Census = in Burnley Circuit 1868 Chapel enlarged again 1910 New chapel built on a different site (see Nelson Library Newspaper Index) see also 'Primitive Methodism in Pendle Forest: records and reminiscences of the Barrowford Circuit, 1823-1923' |
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| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.PM.02 |
| Map references : | |
| Name : | Primitive Methodist Preaching Room |
| Denomination : | Primitive Methodist |
| Address : | Wheatley Lane Village (Old Laund Booth) |
| 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 |
| 1831 Founded 1851 Religious Census = Chamber with an outer door (80 seats), used as a preaching room since 1831 Postal Address - Carr Head |
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| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.WM.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 823403 |
| Name : | Barley Green Wesleyan Chapel |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | Barley Green, Barley Village (Barley Booth) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C1821-1837 included in Barrowford, Higherford, Wesleyan Methodist |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1821-1837 included in Barrowford / Higherford WM, at Nelson Library C 1821-1837 included in 'Wesleyan Baptisms 1788-1837', at Colne Library C 1821-1837 on IGI for Lancashire |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1803 Services held at Barley Green 1837 First chapel built near Barley Green House 1851 Religious Census = building erected in 1832? In Colne Circuit 1884 Chapel rebuilt on the same site 1939 Chapel closed. Building became the Village Hall see 'In Pendle's Shadow' by John Hope |
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| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.WM.02 |
| Map references : | OS SD 840400 |
| Name : | Roughlee Chapel |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | Crowtrees (Roughlee Booth), Roughlee |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1820-1935 included in BARROWFORD - Higherford Wesleyan Methodist |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1866-1892, 1903-1958 B see below * at
Colne Library C 1820-1935 at Nelson Library C 1820-1837 in IGI for Lancashire |
| Graveyard |
| Behind a row of cottages near the waterfall, two headstones remaining in the
garden of the cottages 24 burials - 1824-1891 |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| * Names and Dates of internments 1824-1891, in an application to clear the burial ground are included in a volume of MIs at Colne Library |
| Brief History |
| 1744 William Darney, a friend of John Wesley, preached at Roughlee 1823 Building of chapel at Roughlee 1851 Religious Census = erected 1823 in Colne Circuit see Burnley Library Newspaper Index - 2 reports and also 'In Pendle's Shadow' by John Hope |
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| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.WM.03 |
| Map references : | OS SD 831376 |
| Name : | Wheatley Lane Wesleyan Chapel |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | Wheatley Lane Road, Fence-in-Pendle, Wheatley Lane Village (Old Laund Booth) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1823-1837 B 1825-1837 + MIs, see Fence, Wheatley Lane WM |
| Public Record Office, London |
| RG 4/1170 Births / Christenings 1823-1837 |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1823-1837 on IGI for Lancashire |
| Graveyard |
| Small and kept tidy. ? Burial in existing grave 1987 |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed in 1980 - 111 headstones, one large stone against the front wall of chapel. |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne & Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1807 Class formed at New Laund - died out 1814 Class at Laund 1824 Small chapel built 1851 Religious Census = in Burnley circuit 1859 School built by subscription 1867 Present chapel built 1999 Repaired - money being raised also for the "Shekinah" Christian Centre, Newchurch see 'Wheatley Lane Methodist Church 150th anniversary flower festival brochure, Aug.1974' by Wheatley Lane Methodist Chapel, Old Laund Booth .. Includes a history of the church |
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| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.WM.04 |
| Map references : | |
| Name : | Sabden Hall Chapel |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | Sabden Hall, Sabden Fold (Goldshaw Booth) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none (Burnley - Hargreaves Street includes Wesleyan Circuit records) |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| see (BUR.WM.06) and (BUR.M.04) |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1851 Religious Census = Building erected 1830, a building for chapel &
school. In Burnley Circuit ? Closed |
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| Town / Index no : | Pendle Forest - PEN.WM.05 |
| Map references : | OS SD 836354 |
| Name : | Pendle Bottoms Preaching Room & School |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | Pendle Bottoms (Reedley Hallows) |
| 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 1865 To be closed, no longer required following the opening of new chapels at Duke Bar & Brierfield see Burnley Gazette, 9.Sept.1865, page 2, col.7 |
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© LFHHS Pendle & Burnley Branch 2002