HIGHAM WESLEYAN CHURCHYARD |
These are details from some of the gravestones in the churchyard, I have photos of all of these graves.
Please note that there are many more graves which I haven't photographed, some were so overgrown I couldn't reach them and others I simply missed. I do plan to return during the winter months when the undergrowth has died back.
For a copy of any grave below please e-mail, I send photos free of charge and just charge a nominal fee for prints to cover my costs.
C - D, G - H, J - R, S - T, W
BERRY John 1897 wife Jane 1888
BOOTHMAN Wilkinson 1970, 1st wife Annie M 1949, dau Elizabeth 1925, infants Jim & Wilmore, 2nd wife Ida 1961,
BOOTHMAN Henry 1935, wife Ann 1955, son Hartley 1907
BOOTHMAN J. Garnett 1947, wife Mary 1944, son Garnett 1958
BOOTHMAN Mary 1887, husband William 1904, dau Jane 1956, son John 1868
BOOTHMAN Thomas of Brierfield 1901, wife Susannah 1954, son James 1933e
BOOTHMAN William of Higham 1861, wife Elizabeth 1851, son Thomas 1886, wife Sarah 1894
BOOTHMAN William of Nelson 1934, wife Mary Jane 1924, daus Elizabeth 1900 & Dorothy 1901
BOOTHMAN William 1832, dau Sarah 1853
BRINNAND John of Padiham 1927 wife Sarah 1889 (interred Padiham Cemetery),
Dau Rhoda wife Pickles WALTON 1937, dau Alma wife Thomas KILBURN 1952 (cremated Carleton), Thomas KILBURN 1956
BROWN George Henry late Nelson 1953, wife Florence 1959
BULCOCK Benjamin s James & Ann of Fir Trees 1937, William of Burnley 1852, wife Ann 1852, s Alfred 1853
BULCOCK James of Burnley Lane 1879
BUTTERWORTH Charles 1949, wife Mary Jane 1938, children Thomas & Louisa
CAPSTICK Alice Jane 1939, brother Edwin 1948, wife Mary Ann 1956
CAPSTICK James of Brierfield 1962, wife Ellen 1946
CAPSTICK John 1953, wife Esther Hannah 1910, s Edwin James 1903, George 1973, wife Amy 1973
CLEGG john of Higham 1904, wife Alice 1868, s James 1852
CLEGG Mary of Bolton formerly Higham 1917, husb John 1928
COOKE Mary Ann 1954, husb William Ellis 1952 (cremated Liverpool), dau Doris 1905, her twin Christina STEPHENSON 1967 (cremated Teddington Mddx)
CRAWSHAW Aaron 1904, wife Sarah 1909, dau Hannah 1873, Mary 1902, s Richard 1882
DUCKWORTH William 1882, wife Mary 1897, 2 infant grandchildren, dau Elizabeth 1852, gs James 1875, gdau Elizabeth 1875
GREEN William of Brierfield 1927, wife Nanny 1931, sons Vernon 1886, James Henry 1886, dau Elizabeth Ellen 1961, her husband Arthur Pickles BAILEY 1961
HARGREAVES George 1944, wife Mary Jane 1942, Ada wife of Herbert TOWNSON of Nelson 1934, Mary Ann LONSDALE 1945
HARGREAVES Jacob 1929, wife Hannah 1931, s Richard 1893, d Jane Ellen 1961, her husband Walter HORSFIELD 1966
HARGREAVES James 1920, wife Annie 1948
HARGREAVES Councillor William 1902
HARGREAVES James of Fir Trees 1864, wife Ann 1859, s James 1859, dau Mary Jane 1859, James 1864, s John Henry 1871
HARTLEY Abraham 1940, wife Elizabeth Ann 1927, s Albert 1888, dau Bertha 1944, s James Richard 1971, wife Selina 1956 (cremated Skipton)
HARTLEY John of Bolton 1928, wife Mary Ann 1919
HARTLEY Richard of Sagar Hill 1900, wife Elizabeth 1899
HAWORTH Giles 1873, wife Ellen 1880, s Richard 1856, dau Alice 1857, s George 1871, gs Benjamin 1865, Mary wife of William PARKINSON 1908
HAYTHORNTHWAITE Albert 1954, wife Martha Ann 1973, dau Constance 1933
HAYTHORNTHWAITE George 1904, wife Ellen 1891
HAYTHORNTHWAITE James of Brierfield 1904, wife Mary 1924, s John William 1872, dau Martha Ann 1962, her husband John Haythornthwaite 1970
HAYTHORNTHWAITE Sarah Jane 1877, Ethel 1888, Hannah 1888 daughters of Richard & Martha, gchildren Thomas Lee 1889, Florence 1890, Albert 1895
HAYTHORNTHWAITE Thomas 1960, wife Alice 1942
HAYTHORNTHWAITE Thomas 1935, wife Mary 1927, dau Mary Jane 1886 (interred Wavertree Liverpool), dau Helena, Walter 1924, wife Mary Ann 1936
HAYTHORNTHWAITE children of John & Martha of Nelson, Arthur, Mary Elizabeth, Lydia
HIGGIN John Luther 1956, wife Martha Jane 1948, dau Phillis 1977
HIGGIN Richard 1939, wife Mary 1945, dau Ellen 1976, her husband James Thomas HARGREAVES 1964
JACKSON John 1867, wife Mary 1861, s Robert 1889, dau Rebecca 1904, s John 1901, wife Ellen 1843, wife Margaret 1862, infants Robert & Elizabeth
JACKSON Theophillus 1912, wife Mary 1871, s Charles 1870, 2nd wife Susannah 1891, gdau Mary CALDERBANK 1897, John Edward CALDERBANK 1935, wife Mary Alice 1949
JACKSON William of Higham 1892, wife Ann 1863, s Everett James 1872, dau Mary 1844, s Hiram 1847, s Robert 1848, 2nd wife Hannah 1893
JACKSON Wilkinson of Jackson Fold 1920, wife Sarah 1946, dau Isabella 1926, dau Margaret WEBSTER 1918, infants Robert & John
LORD James 1844, wife Nancy 1892, dau Peggy 1847
MOORE Roberts of Brierfield 1893, wife Ann 1893
NUTTALL John of Higham 1823, wife Mary 1841, dau Rebecca STEWART 1871, gd Mary STEWART 1828
POMFRET Lewis of Nelson 1886, wife Ann 1918
POMFRET Piers 1886, wife Betty 1897
PROCTER James 1944, wife Mary 1934
PROCTER William of Nelson 1909, wife Barbara 1887, s Joseph 1869, s William Henry 1874, s Josiah 1931, Joseph Robert 1953
ROBERTS James of Higham 1892, wife Susannah 1875, s Alfred 1885, dau Isabella 1891,s John of Nelson 1955
SMITH Thomas late of Higham 1876, wife Sarah 1903, infant s Edgar
STARKIE Edward of Higham 1887, wife Hannah 1888, s Thomas 1861
STARKIE John of Stonefold 1865, wife Mary 1877, s John 1902
STARKIE John Edward 1939, wife Lilly 1858
STARKIE Robert of Higham 1886, wife Esther 1863, s James 1839
STARKIE Richard Arthur 1948, wife Susannah 1949, s Herbert 1936
STARKIE Sarah 1944, sister Ellen 1956
STARKIE Thomas of Padiham 1904, John Robert 1905, d Emma Jane 1928, wife Mary Ann 1936
TATTERSALL Arthur H. 1925, wife Susannah 1954, s Vernon 1900, dau Dorothy 1916, Ann sister of Susannah 1926 (interred at Isleworth, Mddx)
TATTERSALL Benjamin late of Higham 1839, dau Ann 1852
TATTERSALL James s William & Betty formerly of Higham 1852, s John 1821, dau Elizabeth 1823, dau Jane 1827, dau Sarah 1832, dau Mary 1836, infants William, Ann Benjamin & Betty , William s James & Mary 1853
TATTERSALL Benjamin of Burnley 1867, wife Sarah 1849 (interred St Peters, Burnley) dau Margaret 1857
TUNNICLIFFE of Higham 1828, Preacher
WALKDEN Alice 1916, Peggy 1917, Ellery JACKSON 1933, wife Elizabeth Ellen 1930, gdau Alice May JACKSON 1896
WENSLEY John Thomas 1920, wife Christiana 1956, dau Jenny
WILCOX William of Padiham 1905, wife Jane 1888 (interred Padiham), wife Margaret 1930
WILKINSON Mary 1831,
WILKINSON Henry Houghton
WILKINSON William 1895, wife Dinah 1892, dau Mary Jane Asenath 1889, s Flavius Josephus
WILKINSON Martin Luther 1939, wife Ellen 1934, d Dinah 1902, Thomas Wilkinson DIXON 1943 (buried Schaffen Cemetery, Belgium), Henry Leonard DIXON 1960
WILMORE Haydn Raphael 1944, wife Edith 1959
WILMORE Joseph 1897, Mary 1904, dau Mary 1867
WILMORE James of Nelson 1914, wife Elizabeth 1896, Charles infant
WILMORE John of Higham 1902, wife Alice 1864, 2nd wife Mary Ann 1904, Charles 1866
WILMORE William of Higham 1879, wife Mary 1904, s Lorenzo 1869 , Mary Elizabeth 1874, s Harry 1876
WILMORE William of Nelson 1939, wife Sarah 1925
WOOD William of Leeds 1902, wife Elizabeth 1911, 7 infant children
November 2007