Stories From The Churchyard | St. Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe

Описание: Every family history researcher knows that a gravestone is just the end of someone’s story, and a walk around an old churchyard can often reveal some fascinating details about the lives of people who once lived in a particular area.

This video takes the parish church of St. Mary Madgalene, in my home town of Clitheroe, Lancashire, as a starting point to learn more about some of the people who were connected to the church in past centuries.

By delving into some of the building’s famous (and infamous) associations, I’ll also explore a whole host of apparently unconnected subjects; if you can’t think of a reason why chemistry, witchcraft, murder, surgeons, Captain Cook, the Bishop of Rochester and George III could possibly be connected, you’ll find the answer in this very brief look at the history of a single church.

Please excuse the background noise in some of the outdoor footage; the microphone on my camera is a bit more sensitive than I’d like it to be sometimes.


RESOURCES USED TO RESEARCH THIS VIDEO

'Townships: Clitheroe', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1911), pp. 360-372. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/... [accessed 8 June 2021].

Document concerning Giles Parker of Heyrokeforth in the Blundell of Ince Blundell muniments,12 November 1548 [document reference DDIN 12/8, held at the Lancashire Archives, Bow Lane, Preston]

History, Directory and Gazeteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster: Volume 1, author - Edward Baines, publisher - Wm. Wales and Co., Advertiser Office, 68 Castle Street, Liverpool (1824), pg.611

https://wellcomecollection.org/works/...
Digitised edition of Metallographia (1671), author - John Webster, publisher - Walter Kettilby, Bishop’s Head, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London

History, Topography and Directory of Mid-Lancashire, compiler - Mannex and Co., printers - William Bailey and Henry Thomson, Preston (1854), pg.445

Sourced via www.lan-opc.org.uk :
Parish registers for St. Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe
Marriage registers for St. Bartholomew, Colne

https://morethannelson.com/officer/ja...
Biographical information about Captain James King

Kentish Gazette, 22 April 1778

Sourced via www.thegenealogist.co.uk :
1841 census for York Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire
1851 census for 20 King Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
1851 census for Harry Hayhurst Lane, Clitheroe, Lancashire