| SABDEN | ~ Formerly in the Chapelry of Padiham, known as Heyhouses |
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INDEX TO SABDEN CHURCHES, CHAPELS & BURIAL GROUNDS
| Bookmark | Establishment and Location |
| Church of England | |
| SAB.CE.01 | St.Nicholas, Wesley Street (Heyhouses) |
| Roman Catholic | |
| SAB.RC.01 | St.Mary Queen of Peace, Whalley Road |
| Nonconformist | |
| SAB.Bap.01 | Baptist Chapel, Clitheroe Road |
| SAB.WM.01 | Pendle Wesleyan Chapel, St. Nicholas Avenue |
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| For the history of Sabden see - | |
| 'Sabden before 1600' by Laycock | |
| 'Heyhouses and the Neighbourhood' by Laycock | |
| 'The Birth of a Lancashire Village' by Clifford Moorhouse | |
| 'Sabden, The Forgotten Valley' by Clifford Moorhouse | |
| Town / Index no : | Sabden - SAB.CE.01 |
| Map reference : | OS SD 781377 |
| Name : | St.Nicholas |
| Denomination : | Church of England |
| Address : | Wesley Street, Sabden (Heyhouses) |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1841-1966, M 1849-1992, B 1841-1955 + MIs |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1841-1900, M 1849-1900, B 1841-1900, at Burnley & Nelson Libraries |
| Graveyard |
| Still in use |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed to 1967 - 238 headstones |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Colne ans Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1841 Consecrated to St.Simon & St.Jude. The parish was then known as Heyhouses. The present day village of Sabden was known as Sabden Bridge. Sabden Fold, in the parish of Newchurch-in-Pendle (PEN.CE.02) was then known as Sabden 1851 Religious Census = Licensed in 1842 and Consecrated in 1846 |
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| Town / Index no : | Sabden - SAB.RC.01 |
| Map reference : | OS SD 777374 |
| Name : | St.Mary Queen of Peace |
| Denomination : | Roman Catholic |
| Address : | Whalley Road, Sabden |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1947-1963, M 1947-1954 & 1961-1962 |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1873 Founded 1937 Consecrated 17th October 1937 |
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| Town / Index no : | Sabden - SAB.Bap.01 |
| Map references : | Chapel - OS SD 779376 Burial ground - OS SD 778377 |
| Name : | Baptist Chapel |
| Denomination : | Baptist |
| Address : | Chapel - Clitheroe Road, Sabden Burial ground - Top Row, Sabden |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| C 1787-1839, M 1929-1984, B 1797-1837 + MIs |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1787-1837 on IGI for Lancashire |
| Graveyard |
| Date stone AD 1865. Access to the Graveyard - (park on Clitheroe Road)
walk up a footpath from some iron gates near Bury Row or walk along Top Row |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed in 1981 - 125 headstones |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne and Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1798 Founded ? Chapel lowered and made into a house, Chapel now in school behind the house see 'Jubilee of the Baptist Sabbath School, Sabden 19.Feb.1848' (Manuscript of the history of chapel etc) '"No mean witness" sidelights on the history of Sabden and the Baptist witness there during the last 150 years' (1947) ISBN/ISSN L000114650 |
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| Town / Index no : | Sabden - SAB.WM.01 (The parish of Sabden was formerly known as Heyhouses) |
| Map reference : | OS SD 779375 |
| Name : | Pendle Wesleyan Chapel |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | St.Nicholas Avenue, Sabden |
| Parish Registers at Lancashire Archives, listed in LANCAT online catalogue |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| - |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed in 1981 - 78 headstones |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne and Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1766 Methodism Introduced to Sabden 1810 Meetings at the house of John Harrison in the Burnley circuit 1835 Chapel built 1844 New chapel built 1879 New chapel built ? The third chapel demolished and houses built on the site .. the stone pillars of the gateway remain. The present chapel is now in a building in the graveyard. |
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© LFHHS Pendle & Burnley Branch 2002