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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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