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Providence United Methodist Church
Burnley Road, Loveclough
Providence Methodist Church came into being as the result
of a small band of workers coming over the hill
from Bacup and settling at Dunnockshaw in 1844.
Amongst these was Richard Bridge who started a
cotton manufacturing business at Dunnockshaw
Mill. It was the success of this venture which
enabled him to donate £150 to start the fund to
build the church. Building started early in 1846
on a church which could hold about three hundred
people and by the time it open later in the year
had cost £800 to build.
Within twenty-five years of it's erection it
became apparent the building was to small for
the rapidly growing population in the villages
of Loveclough and Dunnockshaw. Two hundred
square yards of land adjoining the old church
was bought and on Good Friday 1871 the
foundation stone of the new church with a
seating capacity of eight hundred was laid by
the Rev. John Garside, superintendent of the
Burnley Methodist Circuit.
By the late nineteen fifties the Church was in need of
extensive repairs, but with falling attendances
and the huge cost required to do the work it was
decided to closed its doors for the last time
after the Anniversary Service on the 27th of
August 1961 and the Church was demolished in
1967
| Listed below are the registers available at
Lancashire Records Office, Preston |
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| Baptisms 1874 - 1954 |
| Marriages 1910 - 1957 |
| The baptism register is available on microfilm at
Rawtenstall Library - Local Studies
Dept. |
| The Marriage Register is held at Lancashire Records
Office. |
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| Rossendale Family History Society and Rawtenstall
Library have: |
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| a printed and indexed copy of the Baptism Register |
| a printed and indexed copy of the Burial/Grave
Register |
| a printed and indexed copy of the Monument
Inscriptions, |
| a copy of the 1946 Centenary Anniversary booklet. |
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