| BRACEWELL | - Formerly in the County of Yorkshire |
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INDEX TO BRACEWELL CHURCHES, CHAPELS & BURIAL GROUNDS
| Index no Link | Establishment and Location |
| Church of England | |
| BRA.CE.01 | St.Michael, Bracewell |
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| For the history of Bracewell see - | |||
| Town / Index no : | Bracewell - BRA.CE.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 863485 |
| Name : | St.Michael |
| Denomination : | Church of England |
| Address : | Bracewell .. formerly in Yorkshire - Deanery of Craven |
| Incumbent : | Rev.J Lancaster, 131 Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, Lancs |
| Telephone : | 01282 812028 |
| Parish Registers at County Record Office, listed in "Finding Folk" |
| C 1587-1718, M 1587-1718, B 1587-1718, C 1753-1793, M 1754-1986, B 1753-1794, + MIs C 1813-1976, B 1813-1952, |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1731-1855, M 1731-1836, on IGI for Yorkshire |
| Graveyard |
| Small. Some recent burials. Garden of Remembrance with wall for memorials of cremations |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed in 1991 - 282 headstones dated 1817-1981 |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Barnoldswick, Colne & Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1153 Founded. In the Deanery of Craven 1678-1750 Bracewell & Gill (BWK.CE.02) churches held jointly 1934 Barnoldswick & Bracewell parishes united see 'The History of the Church of St.Michael, Bracewell, 1153-1953 by A M Gibbon see 'Bracewell Church' by S T Taylor-Taswell (1922) |
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