T 76 History of the 



accommodation. Measures were accordingly taken by certain of 

 the inhabitants to supply the want, and the result was the erection, 

 on Morrell Height, of Goodshaw Chapel in the year 1542. 



'•Goodshaw, Certif.ped] that there is no endowment. The Inh,'ib.[itantfi] 

 allow some inconsiderable contrib.[utions,] which are ill paid. 



"Divine Service [is performed] and [aj Sermon [preached] once a 

 fortnight by [the] Curate of Altham. 



" Goodshaw, a Ch.ippell within Haslingden. I preach there sometimes, but 

 have nothing for my pains. Curate of HasUngden' s Accf., an. [10] 1704, V. 

 [ide] Pap. Reg. 



" Served by [the] Curate of Haslingden, nn. [no] 1724. 



[" There is] one Cottage belong.[ing] to [the] Chappell, let for tos. p [er] 

 an.[num] Certif.[ied] an. [no] 1725. 



"8 m.[iles] from Whalley ; 2 m.[iles] from [the'' next Chap.[el]. 



" Neither School nor Charities.' (;•) 



"Dedicated to St Mary and All Saints. Value in 18.14, ;f>2i. Registers 

 begin in 1732. 



" Goodshaw is situated in Higher Booth, and, although in the Chapelry of 

 Haslingden, is dependent upon Whalley, and not Haslingden as stated by 



Baines In the year 1650 Goodshaw was returned as not 



Parochial, though having seventy families, and being eleven miles from the 

 Parish Church.- It had then neither Minister nor maintenance " save one 

 Messuage and a backside worth lOs. per ann." The inhabitants desire to 

 have a Parish, and a competent allowance for a resident Minister. Pari. Inq. 

 Lamb. MSS. vol. ii. It has now a district assigned to it comprising Morrell 

 Height, where it is situated, Crawshaw Booth, Gambleside, Goodshaw, and 

 Love Clough. There is a Parsonage house, a resident Incumbent with a 

 Curate, and Schools in active operation, — all forming a pleasing contrast to 

 the gloomy picture drawn by Bishop Gastrell and the Curate of Haslingden 

 in the text, and to the still more touching and miserable picture of the 

 Republican and Puritan era." (s) 



The following is of much interest to all connected with the 

 district : — 



()■) Noiifia Cestriensis. p. 331. (s) ibid, note by Canon Raines, p. 331. 



