Chap. 8.] PARISH OF CHIPPING. 201 



1870 Eev. E. C. Tyrer, O.S.B. 



1871 Eev. J. B.Murpliy (second time) ,, 

 1874 Eev. T. A. Atkinson, ,, 

 1876 Eev. W. J. Watraough, ,, 

 1882 Eev. C. Procter, .. 

 1884 Eev. J. Dewhurst, ,. 

 1886 Eev. F. E. Ecche, ■> 



There is an " abandoned " Independent Chapel clo8e to the Village ; 

 and there was formerly a Wesleyan Chapel, but it is -^^^^^^^^^^ 

 it was used. Attaching, however, to the Independent Chapel m 

 Hesketh Lane, which was converted into a dwellmg ^ouseaMre 

 years ago, there is a very interestmg history. The Eev. Peter 

 Walkden, who was the minister of the Chapel in 1725, wrote a diary 

 for the years 1725, 1729, and 1730, extracts from which w^re published 

 in 1866 bv the late Mr. W. Dobson. 



I preface the following extracts by a brief account of Mr. Walkden s 



Bom in 1684, Mr. Walkden was probably appointed to Hesketh 

 Lane Chapel in 1722, and probably stayed there until his death m 

 1769, at the advanced age of 85. The chapel was built m 1705. On 

 a stoke over the doorway is the date of erection in Eoman numerals, 

 and there was the following inscription, but it is now almost illegible : 

 " Luke 7 5— For he loved our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. 



The dilrist's wife was interred in Hesketh Lane Chapel, and over 

 her grave is an inscription, recording her death on the 5th January, 



On his death, Mr. Walkden was succeeded by his son, the Eev. H. 



Walkden. . ,. , ,. . ■ . t , 



Mr Walkden's first reference to the immediate district, of anj 

 historical importance, is to John Singleton, "o' th' Delph" (the stone 



%7abomen^otf the fact of Mr. Cottam "clarking" at a sale at 

 the cross on Hurst Green. This Mr. Cottam was the schoohnaster of 

 Hurst Green, and was the author of the songs of " Stonyhurst Buck 

 Hunt" and " Hie away to EossaU Point." Further reference to Mr. 

 Cottam will be found in Chapter IV. 



