xvi Contents. 



CHAPTER VI. 



The Methodist denomination in Kossendalo — William Darney and John 

 Maden — Sketch of the life of John Madeu, the first Rossendale 

 Slethodist — Mr. Darney preaches at Heap Barn — Formation of a 

 Society at Miller Bam, Wolfenden Booth — Mr. Maden opens hia honse 

 for divine service — Progress of the Society — Another house taken — 

 The use of the Baptist Meeting-honse obtained — The propriety of 

 Building a Chapel discassed — The work accomplished — The New 

 Erection opened by John Wesley — Extracts from Mr. Wesley's Joarnal 

 relative to visits which he paid to Rossendale — Mr. Maden'a death — 

 Interred at Mount Pleasant, Bacnp — Inscription on Tombstone — 

 Character and labours of William Darney — Number of Methodist 

 Chapels in Rossendale — The Quakers j their place of meeting ; decrease 

 in th&ir numbers — Unitarians — Original Unitarian Chapel at Rawten- 

 stall — The old School there — Independents at Bacnp — Number of 

 Places of Worship within the Forest, . . Pp. 214-221 



BOOK SIXTH. 



CHAPTER I. ' 



Genesis of the original inhabitants of Rossendale— Pendle and Rossendale 

 compared — Clitheroe Castle and Church — The Parish Church of 

 Rossendale — The inhabitants of Rossendale proverbial for their shi-ewd, 

 enterprising character — The chief men of wealth and position in the 

 district risen from the ranks — Key to the success and growing 

 importance of Rossendale — Table showing the annual value of the 

 Rateable Property in each Township from 1815 to 1892 — Increase per 

 cent — Acreage of each Township — Increase on the "advanced rents" 

 confirmed by King James I. — Population of the district in 1511, 1551, 

 and during the Commonwealth — Table showing the amount of the 

 Population in each Township, and its increase from ISOl to 1801 — 

 Excess of Females over the Males in Rossendale — The Cotton Dearth — 

 Migration of many families into Yorkshire — The Municipal Boroughs 

 of Bacnp and Rawtenstall, . . . Pp. 222-230 



CHAPTER II. 



Rossendale forty years ago — Views of Scenery in Rossendale— The Hills 

 and their venerable antiquity — Wind on the Hills— Climate of 

 Rossendale — Effect of the HiUs in bringing down the rain — Character 



