St Peter's Laneside
St Peter's Avenue, Haslingden

Memorial Window in the old Sanctury
To The Greater Glory Of God And In Memeory Of GEORGE WALTER HARDMAN and RICHARD CRAWSHAW HARDMAN

IN MEMORY OF
THE REVEREND WELDON CHAMPNEYS,
M.A. BRASENOSE COLLEGE, OXFORD
VICAR OF HASLINGDEN,
RURAL DEAN OF WHALLEY,
HONORARY CANON OF MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL,
PROCTOR FOR THE CLERGY OF THE ARCHDEACONARY OF BLACKBURN,
IN THE LOWER HOUSE OF THE CONVOCATION OF YORK,
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A FAITHFUL PASTOR, TRULY MINDFUL OF THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS
OF HIS FLOCK, MANLY AND OUTSPOKEN IN REBUCKING THEIR FAULTS,
YET MOST TENDER IN HIS SYMPATHY WITH THEIR TRIALS AND SORROWS,
GENEROUS TO THE POOR, UNSPARING AND SELFDENYING IN HIS LABOURS
FOR THE WELFARE OF ALL. THE 18 YEARS WHICH HE SPENT IN
THIS PARISH WERE A PRACTICAL SERMON ON THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
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HE ENTERED INTO REST MAY 9TH 1892
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THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS IN GRATITUDE
TO GOD FOR HIM AND HIS WORK, AND AS A REGOGNITION
OF THE MUNIFICENCE OF HIMSELF AND HIS WIDOW TOWARDS
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