Saint Bartholomew’s Parish Church
Church Registers
These transcriptions were completed by a group of transcribers including myself and Cris Kydd, and were subsequently submitted to Lancashire Online Parish Clerks lan-opc.org.uk , where you can also find the earlier parish register transcriptions. Be aware that all transcriptions are subject to error and use these as an index or finding aid rather than a primary source.
Monumental Inscriptions
Taken from a graveyard survey made in the 1970s prior to the removal or relocation of the stones for most only names and years were recorded.
Hope Street Graveyard
Allowed access to the graveyard afte the removal on knotweed my husband and myself recorded the stones – Mel with a soft brush two graves ahead of me, with the camera. Inscriptions transcribed thereafter by Cris Kydd. The burial register was compiled by Brenda Humphries and kindly allowed to be reproduced here.