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PRESTON 



the townsmen were sequestrated for political or 

 religious reasons, 155 and in 1 7 1 7 two ' Papists ' 

 registered estates in the township. 156 



The parish church has been described above. 

 The population remaining comparatively stationary 

 no other church was needed in the town till 1724, 

 when St. George's 157 was built as a chapel of ease at 

 what was then the western edge of the town. A 

 parish was attached to it in I 844. 158 The building 

 was encased in stone in 1845, and almost entirely 

 rebuilt in 1885. After the lapse of nearly a century 

 a great effort was made to provide additional accom- 

 modation, and the following churches have been 

 built :— Holy Trinity 1 8 14- 1 5, 159 St. Peter's 1 82 2, ,c ° 

 St. Paul's 1823-S, 1 " Christ Church 1836-7, 162 St. 

 James's, built by a newly-formed denomination, 

 acquired in 1838, rebuilt 1 870-8 1, 163 St. Mary's 

 1836-8, 164 St. Thomas's 1837-9, 165 All Saints' 

 1846-8. 166 Somewhat later are : — St. Luke's 167 and 

 St. Saviour's 1859, 168 St. Mark's 1863, 169 Emmanuel 

 1870, 170 St. Stephen's, first opened as a chapel of ease 

 to Christ Church in 1869, the present church being 

 erected in i888, 171 St. Matthew's 1880-3, 17 ' and St. 

 Jude's 1893. 173 There are mission rooms connected 

 with several of the churches. St. Philip's Protestant 

 Church was opened in 1894-6. 17 ' 



Wesleyan Methodism obtained a standing in the 

 town about 1 78 1, 175 when it is stated that a room in 

 St. John's Street was used 176 ; in 1787 a small 

 chapel in Back Lane was erected. 17 ' The church in 

 Lune Street succeeded it about 1817, 178 and was 

 practically rebuilt in 1862; Wesley Church, North 

 Road, originated in 1839, 179 that at Moor Park in 

 1862, 180 Marsh Lane in 1873, 181 and two others. 183 

 The Primitive Methodists appeared in 1 8 1 o, m their 

 first meeting-place being in a yard off Friargate ; 

 then they built a chapel in Lawson Street, which 

 was in 1836—7 abandoned for that in Saul Street. 

 Amission in Deepdale, begun about 1 876, resulted 

 in the present church there. The United Methodist 

 Free Church la< has Orchard Chapel, built in 1831 

 and rebuilt 1862, and Moor Lane, 1873, which has 

 absorbed the congregation of Parker Street Chapel, 

 built in 1852. 



The Congregationalists date from about 1772, 185 

 when, probably on account of the Unitarianism of 

 the old Nonconformist chapel, a place of worship for 

 the more Evangelical members was opened in Back 

 Lane. Lady Huntingdon helped the cause, which 

 struggled on until in 1 790 an Independent chapel 

 was built in Chapel Street 186 ; it was in 1826 

 removed to Cannon Street. This church was 



Notices of the families of Prichard and 

 Grimshaw are given in Fishwick, op. cit, 



335.353- 



15a Some cases have been already named. 

 The lands of Thomas Shepherd of Preston 

 were declared forfeit in 1652 and sold ; 

 Index of Royalists (Index Soc), 44 ; Cat. 

 Com. for Comp. iv, 3134. In 1649 

 Thomas Vavasour compounded for his 

 ' delinquency ' in taking arms against the 

 Parliament ' in both wars ' ; ibid, iii, 

 2012. This surname does not occur in 

 the Guild Rolls. Two-thirds of the estate 

 of Grace Wilkinson, deceased, had been 

 sequestered for her recusancy, and a dis- 

 charge was granted in 1655 ; ibid, v, 

 3220. She was perhaps the Grace 

 Wilkinson named in connexion with land 

 in Whittingham in 1598 ; Ducatus Lane. 

 (Rec. Com.), iii, 397. 



156 Richard Jackson and Anne Hodg- 

 kinson ; Estcourt and Payne, Engl. Cath. 

 Non-jurors, 97, 155. 



157 Hewitson, Preston, 471-5, where 

 the monuments are described. One of 

 the incumbents, Robert Harris, B.D., 

 formerly Fellow of Sidney Sussex Coll., 

 Camb., held it for the long period of 

 sixty-four years, from 1797 to 1862. 

 The vicar of Preston is patron. 



Descriptions of this and other modern 

 churches with lists of incumbents will be 

 found in Fishwick, op. cit. 153, &c. 



158 Lond. Gaz. 20 Feb. 



159 The Bite was formerly known as 

 Patten Field. The money for it was 

 raised by subscriptions and the sale of 

 pews. It had at one time the most 

 influential congregation in the town ; 

 Hewitson, op. cit. 475-6. 



A parish was assigned to it in 1844 ; 

 Lond. Gaz. 20 Feb. The vicar of Preston 

 presents. 



160 The original cost was defrayed from 

 ' the million grant.' The spire was added 

 in 1852. A tombstone in the graveyard 

 commemorates Richard Turner (1846) as 

 ' author of the word Teetotal, as applied 

 to abstinence from intoxicating liquors ' ; 

 Hewitson, op. cit. 478. The parish was 

 formed in 1 844 ; Lond. Gaz. 20 Feb. 

 The vicar of Preston is patron. 



161 This church also was built from the 

 parliamentary grant ; Hewitson, op. cit. 

 478. The parish was formed in 1844; 

 Lond. Gaz. 20 Feb. The vicar of Preston 

 is patron. 



163 Hewitson, op. cit. 481. The mission 

 room in Savoy Street originally belonged 

 to the Methodists, but was sold by them 

 in 1880 ; ibid. The patronage is vested 

 in trustees. 



168 The builders styled themselves the 

 ' Primitive Episcopal Church ' ; they were 

 unable to pay for it. It was first a 

 chapel of ease to the parish church, but 

 consecrated in 1 841 for an independent 

 parish ; Hewitson, op. cit. 485-92. The 

 vicar of Preston presents. The district 

 was created in 1 844 ; Lond. Gaz. 20 Feb. 



164 Hewitson, op. cit. 485. The patron- 

 age is vested in trustees. 



165 The cost was defrayed by the Hynd- 

 man fund, and Miss Hyndman's trustees 

 are patrons ; ibid. 484. 



166 The or igi n f the church is interest- 

 ing. A number of poor working men 

 began subscribing for a new church for a 

 clergyman who, as curate, had endeared 

 himself to them ; it was therefore called 

 the 'poor man's church' ; ibid. 492. 

 The patronage is vested in trustees. 



167 Ibid. 493. The parish was formed 

 in i860; Lond. Gaz. 3 Aug. Simeon's 

 Trustees are patrons. 



163 Hewitson, op. cit. 495-7. The 

 church occupies the site of the old Baptist 

 chapel, 1783. After being purchased in 

 1859 it was used for service till 1866 and 

 then pulled down for the erection of the 

 present church, opened in 1868. The 

 parish was formed in 1869 ; Lond. Gaz. 

 1 6 Apr. The vicar of St. James's presents. 



169 Hewitson, op. cit. 495. The parish 

 was formed in 1866 ; Lond. Gaz. 2 Jan. 

 The patronage is exercised alternately by 

 the vicar of Preston and the trustees of 

 Christ Church. 



170 Hewitson, op. cit. 497. The parish 

 was formed in 1871 ; Lond. Gaz. 4 July. 

 The vicar of Preston presents alternately 

 with the incumbent of St. Peter's. 



171 Hewitson, op. cit. 483. The Bishop 

 of Manchester collates. 



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172 Ibid. 498. The parish was formed 

 in 1885. The Bishop of Manchester 

 collates. 



178 Trustees have the patronage at 

 present, but it will go to the Bishop of 

 Manchester eventually. 



St. Philip's, 1 871, and St. Barnabas's, 

 1872, were school chapels of ease to St. 

 Thomas's and St. Paul's, but have been 

 disused for service since St. Jude's was 

 opened. 



174 It was built by those connected with 

 St. Philip's chapel of ease, who were dis- 

 satisfied with St. Jude's Church. 



175 Tjjg Methodist preachers first visited 

 Preston about 1777 ; Hewitson, op. cit. 

 519. 



176 Preston was included in Colne 

 circuit in 1776, in Blackburn in 1787, 

 and became head of a circuit in 1799. 

 Wesley visited the town in 1780, 1781, 

 1784 and 1790 ; Fishwick, Preston, 

 1 70-1. 



177 This was afterwards sold and used 

 as a warehouse ; Hewitson, op, cit. 520. 



178 Ibid. 521 ; lists of ministers are 

 given. 



179 Ibid. 526. In 1868 this church 

 became the head of a second circuit in 

 Preston. 



180 Ibid. 526. 



181 Ibid. 525. 



182 In St. Mary Street (1865) and 

 Acregate Lane. There are also some 

 mission rooms. 



183 Ibid. 536. In addition to those 

 named in the text there was an 

 iron chapel in Fylde Road from 1879 

 onwards. 



131 Ibid. 534-5. The congregation 

 which first built Orchard Chapel were 

 known as Protestant Wesleyan Metho- 

 dists 5 Hardwick, Preston, 483. 



185 B. Nightingale, Lanes. Nonconf. i, 

 21-47. The author, of whose work great 

 use has been made in the present history, 

 has since 1888 been minister of Cannon 

 Street Church. 



186 This building was turned into 

 offices and shops ; it was at the west 

 ern corner of Chapel Street and Fisher- 

 gate. 



