48 A HISTORY OF LONGRIDGE. [Chap. 2. 



CHAPTER II.— ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOEY. 



William Hothersall, founder of Parish Church --Church Ornaments and Bells, 1554- - 

 Neither Minister nor Endowment, 1650 — Act of [Jnif ormity — C. Hindle and 

 Ingham— Exiienses at ChappeU, 16S5— No Registers before 17G0— Church rebuilt, 

 1716, 178-t, 1822— Li\-ing augmented, 1756— The Old Bazoon, 179-t--Value of 

 living, 1834— Tower built, 1841 — Account of frustrated attempt to build a New 

 Church, 1873 — Increase of Non-Church Goers— St. Paul's Church— Enormous cost 

 — List of Subscribers— Rushes on floor, 1837 — " Old Bob Booth and the ' bassoon'" 

 — Church in 1872, as described by " Atticus "— Changes in Church-yard— Uncom- 

 fortable Pews — Poor Chancel — Coloured "Windows" — "Lion and Unicorn" 

 painting— Wretched Singing— Movable Seats— The Font— Value of living, 1888 — 

 Memorandum by J. H. Longworth —Purchase of Tithes— Church Schools— Old 

 Boys' School— Vicars of Longiidge, 1554,^ Sir Robert Cottom- "No Typler nor 

 Dyce Man " -Curate of Preston and his Vicar— 164 — Mr. Harley -" Scandalous in 

 Life and Conversation "—165, Timothy Smith— Ejected, 1G62— Memorial of him— 

 List of " Conformists " and " Nonconformists"— Mr. J. R. Green on the Act of 

 Uniformity— 1701, Thos. Felgate- 1730, Richard Dixon— 1743, John Sharpe 

 — 1780, Robert Parkinson : Canon Parkinson's Criticism — Memorial — 1S29, George 

 Parkin's sudden death— Memorial -1831, Frederick Maude: Memorial— 1843, 

 Edward Pigot, Rector of Whittingham — 1847. W. C. Bache : Criticism by 

 " Atticus "—Presentation — Vicar of Alresford— Miss Bache— 1877, F. A. Cave 

 Browne-Gave : " fine English gentleman "-Energetic work— Non-religious work- 

 Social exclusiveness of people — Epitaph on ' ' one_ Cave " — Pedigree of Gave- 

 Browne-Cave family— Roman Catholic Church — List of Priests — H. Brown — S. 

 Clarksou— T. Davis— Charles Boardman— Old brass cross— New Church opened by 

 Bishop of Salford— Beautiful Interior— Good Singing— Rev. C Boardman : Literary 

 abilities— Library— Engra\'ings— Public Work— Alston Lane Catholic Church- 

 List of Priests — H. Sharpies -Thos. Walton— Independent Church— Its Origin — 

 Description by " Atticus " — Good Singing — W. Booth— G. Price— H. Archibald— 

 Wesleyan Church- " Moimt Zion "—Particular Baptists — Knowle Green Church 

 — AV. Hayhurst- Giles Scott, " Bishop of Knowle Green"— Good Work- 

 Resignation. 

 Ecclesiastical events occupy a prominent place in the historj' of 

 Longridge. 



Canon Eaines, in his " Historj' of the Lancashire Chantries," says 

 that both the name of the founder of Longridge Church (dedicated to 

 St. Lawrence) and the date of its erection are uncertain. He hazards 

 the suggestion that William Hothersall, of Hothersall, vras the 

 founder; but merely says the date of its erection is unceitain.' 

 We shall therefore probably never know more of the early history of 

 Longridge Church than the very meagre account we now possess. 



When the spoliation of the Chantries took jjlace in the reign of Henry 

 Vm. and Edward VI. the beUs, chalices, and ornaments were geneK^lly 

 given up ; but at macy places the bells at least ^rere kept back. Ac- 



'Most certainly long before the Re- 

 formation. 



