| CLIVIGER | - Formerly in the Chapelry of Burnley |
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| ~ Including Cornholme, Mereclough, Walk Mill and Holme Chapel |
INDEX TO CLIVIGER CHURCHES, CHAPELS & BURIAL GROUNDS
| Index no Link | Establishment and Location |
| Church of England | |
| CLI.CE.01 | St.John the Divine, Burnley Road, Holme Chapel, Cliviger |
| Nonconformist | |
| CLI.IM.01 | Mount Zion, Walk Mill, Cliviger |
| CLI.WM.01 | Mereclough Wesleyan Methodist Chapel |
| CLI.WM.02 | Bethesda, Cornholme |
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| For the history of Cliviger see - | |||
| 'A Pennine Parish - The History of Cliviger' by Titus Thornber (1987) | |||
| Town / Index no : | Cliviger - CLI.CE.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 876285 |
| Name : | St.John the Divine (1999 - United Benefice with Church of St.John, Worsthorne WOR.CE.01) |
| Denomination : | Church of England |
| Address : | Burnley Road, Holme-in-Cliviger, Burnley (Holme Chapel) |
| Incumbent : | Rev.Lawrence Laycock, The Vicarage, Worsthorne. |
| Telephone : | 01282 428478 |
| Parish Registers at County Record Office, listed in "Finding Folk" |
| C 1742-1953, M 1742-1756, B 1742-1757, + MIs M 1839-1952, B 1763-1938, for M 1756-1839 - see St.Peter's, Burnley (BUR.CE.15) |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C1742-1837, M 1742-1837, B 1742-1841 - see LPRS Volume 124, Libraries C1792-1885, M 1792-1895 on IGI for Lancashire |
| Graveyard |
| Small |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed 1980 - 456 headstones dated 1793-1980 |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Colne and Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1552 In existence as a Chapel of Ease to St.Peter, Burnley (BUR.CE.15) 1788 Chapel rebuilt see "The Church in Cliviger" by Hubert E Edwards (1943) "Some Historical notes 1794-1969" by Holme-in-Cliviger St.John the Divine Church "A short history of St.John's Church, Holme-in-Cliviger" by Alan S Dean (1986) |
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| Town / Index no : | Cliviger - CLI.IM.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 868298 |
| Name : | Mount Zion |
| Denomination : | Independent Methodist (allied to United Free Gospel) |
| Address : | Burnley Road, Walk Mill, Cliviger, Burnley (on the A646) |
| Incumbent : | - |
| Telephone : | - |
| Parish Registers at County Record Office, listed in "Finding Folk" |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1880 Chapel opened 1880 - (date on the building) 1881 School Chapel built 1930 Jubilee 1980 Centenary, still open see Burnley Library Newspaper Index - several reports also see 'History of Mount Zion Methodist Church, Walk Mill' by Colin Scholes (1980) |
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| Town / Index no : | Cliviger - CLI.WM.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 875305 |
| Name : | Mereclough Wesleyan Methodist Chapel |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | Long Causeway, Cliviger, Burnley .. opposite School Lane (Mereclough) |
| Incumbent : | - |
| Telephone : | - |
| Parish Registers at County Record Office, listed in "Finding Folk" |
| C 1823-1837, M 1907-1965, + MIs .C 1846-1963 |
| Public Record Office, London |
| RG 4/1489 Births / Baptisms. 1823-1837 |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| C 1823-1837, at Burnley Library C 1823-1837, on IGI for Lancashire |
| Graveyard |
| Closed except for burials in existing graves. Grass cut by council. The graveyard
is on the hillside above the site of the chapel. Walk up the road to a driveway on the left-hand side of the road which goes in front of a bungalow. Walk along the drive (which is a public right of way) past the bungalow to the entrance gate |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Memorial Inscriptions Transcribed in 1980 - 58 headstones dated 1824-1966 |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne & Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1786 A society formed and services held in Wm.Halstead's cottage 1824 Chapel built 1851 Religious Census = built 1824 1966 Chapel closed & demolished 1973 Site of chapel built made into a Memorial Garden which contains two seats in memory of General Scarlett (1799-1871) who led the charge of the Heavy Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava and is buried at St.John's Cliviger (CLI.CE.01) see Burnley Library Newspaper Index - several reports |
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| Town / Index no : | Cliviger - CLI.WM.02 |
| Map references : | - |
| Name : | Bethesda |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | Cornholme |
| Incumbent : | - |
| Telephone : | - |
| Parish Registers at County Record Office, listed in "Finding Folk" |
| none |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| - |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1836 Built 1851 Religious Census = built in 1836 in Cliviger Parish |
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© LFH&HS Pendle and Burnley Branch 2002