| HAPTON | - Formerly in the Chapelry of Padiham |
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INDEX TO HAPTON CHURCHES, CHAPELS & BURIAL GROUNDS
| Index no Link | Establishment and Location |
| Church of England | |
| HAP.CE.01 | St.Margaret, Manchester Road |
| Nonconformist | |
| HAP.WM.01 | Hapton Methodist Church, Manchester Road / Whitefield Street |
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| For the history of Hapton see - | |||
| Town / Index no : | Hapton - HAP.CE.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 793316 |
| Name : | St.Margaret |
| Denomination : | Church of England |
| Address : | Manchester Road, Hapton |
| Incumbent : | see St.Leonard CE Church Padiham (PAD.CE.01) |
| Telephone : | 01282 772442 .. telephone directory |
| Parish Registers at County Record Office, listed in "Finding Folk" |
| C 1914-1926, + MIs |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
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| Graveyard |
| Small, grass cut .. still in use |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed in 1982, 64 headstones dated 1914-1981 |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne & Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1914 Founded (previously in the parish of St.Leonard, Padiham (PAD.CE.01) 1924 Church built United benefice with St.Leonard, Padiham (PAD.CE.01) |
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| Town / Index no : | Hapton - HAP.WM.01 |
| Map references : | a - b - OS SD 792319 |
| Name : | Hapton Methodist Church |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | a - Manchester Road, Hapton b - Whitefield Street, Hapton |
| Incumbent : | - |
| Telephone : | 01292 424946 .. telephone directory |
| Parish Registers at County Record Office, listed in "Finding Folk" |
| M 1888-1976, |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| none |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| - |
| Brief History |
| 1857 Church founded 1859 Foundation stone laid for first chapel 1884 A new chapel built. The old chapel of 1859 used as Conservative Club 1980 New chapel built on Whitefield Street. Former chapel of 1884 demolished for the construction of the motorway see Burnley Library Newspaper Index - reports 1980 and 1991 - history of chapel see 'Souvenir of centenary celebrations:1857-1957' by Methodist Church and Sunday School, Hapton (1957) .. includes a history of the church also 'Hapton Methodist Church' by Hazel Neild (1991) |
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