| WORSTHORNE with HURSTWOOD |
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| - Formerly in the Chapelry of Burnley |
INDEX TO WORSTHORNE with HURSTWOOD CHURCHES, CHAPELS & BURIAL GROUNDS
| Index no Link | Establishment and Location |
| Church of England | |
| WOR.CE.01 | St.John the Evangelist, Church Square |
| Nonconformist | |
| WOR.Bap.01 | Hurstwood Baptist Chapel, Hurstwood |
| WOR.WM.01 | Wesleyan Chapel, Chapel Street |
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| For the history of Worsthorne with Hurstwood see - | |||
| 'Memories of Hurstwood' by Tattersall Wilkinson (1889) | |||
| 'History of Burnley' by Walter Bennett (1946-1951) | |||
| Town / Index no : | Worsthorne - WOR.CE.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 877324 |
| Name : | St.John the Evangelist, 1999 - United Benefice with St.John's, Cliviger (CLI.CE.01) |
| Denomination : | Church of England |
| Address : | Church Square, Worsthorne |
| Incumbent : | Rev.Lawrence Laycock, The Vicarage, Worsthorne |
| Telephone : | 01282 428478 (vicarage) 01282 453728 (church) |
| Parish Registers at County Record Office, listed in "Finding Folk" |
| C 1835-1960, M 1843-1977, B 1835-1879, + MIs |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| Early marriages were at St.Peter's Church Burnley (BUR.CE.15) at Burnley Library |
| Graveyard |
| Part in front of the church and part behind the church. Still in use. Grass cut |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed in 1981 - 247 headstones |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne & Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1835 Church built (Worsthorne was formerly part of the parish of
St.Peter, Burnley (BUR.CE.15) 1851 Religious Census = Consecrated 1836 Burnley Library Newspaper Index - several reports see ' Worsthorne Church & The Thursbys, by Leslie Chapels (1978) ISBN/ISSN L000132209 'A hidden story to be told' by James Howell - History of the Church 'A historical diary of events for St.John's Church, Worsthorne from 1835-1922' by J A Latham (a copy of the original diary) |
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| Town / Index no : | Worsthorne - WOR.Bap.01 |
| Map references : | OS SD 882314 |
| Name : | Hurstwood Baptist Chapel Hurstwood Christian Church Fellowship |
| Denomination : | Baptist |
| Address : | Hurstwood, near Burnley |
| Incumbent : | - |
| Telephone : | - |
| Parish Registers at County Record Office, listed in "Finding Folk" |
| MIs only |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| Small. Recent burials in existing graves |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed in 1981 - 89 headstones |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne & Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1870 Chapel built, date stone on the chapel = AD MDCCCLXX |
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| Town / Index no : | Worsthorne - WOR.WM.01 |
| Map references : | a - OS SD 873324 b - OS SD 874324 |
| Name : | Wesleyan Chapel |
| Denomination : | Wesleyan Methodist |
| Address : | a - Hall Street, Worsthorne b - Chapel Street, Worsthorne |
| Incumbent : | - |
| Telephone : | - |
| Parish Registers at County Record Office, listed in "Finding Folk" |
| C 1840-1983, M 1910-1981, B 1842-1914 + MIs |
| Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers |
| - |
| Graveyard |
| Small and overgrown. Recent burials in existing graves |
| Memorial Inscriptions |
| Transcribed in 1981 - 128 headstones |
| Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions |
| Burnley, Colne & Nelson Libraries |
| Brief History |
| 1797 Preaching took place in a house 1817 Sunday School at 'Chadwick's House' & then in the Old Hall 1837 First chapel built down Hall Street - still standing & used as a children's nursery 1851 Religious Census = built 1837 1877 New chapel opened 1927 Jubilee - see Burnley Library Newspaper Index 1982 Demolished. Chapel Lodge Home for the Elderly now built on the site see 'History of Worsthorne Methodism compiled for the Centenary celebrations, 1837-1937' by George E Benyon (1937) |
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© LFH&HS Pendle and Burnley Branch 2002