Park Congregational church, shuttleworth.Bury, Lancashire.

Park Congregational Chapel

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Park Congregational chapel, shuttleworth.

Welcome to this page of the Summerseat site, although this chapel is just outside the Summerseat boundary,

I do feel that it would be of interest to many of the visitors to this site.

I would like to thank Christine Darrock for sending me some useful information regarding Park Chapel.

I have placed a few photos on this page, which include the War Memorial, together with some information regarding the chapel, please finish reading this page before you visit the headstones and M.I's, as I have placed some interesting information here for you to see.

I have taken photos of the headstones, together with the vaults from the cemetery of the church, and you can view these over the next three pages, together with the full monumental Inscriptions which I also transcribed from the headstones.

There are 151 graves to view, now I could not photo a few headstones, as these were in such a position that you could

not see the inscriptions.

I do hope that you find these pages useful in your research, and please be patient for them to open,

as they are fairly large files, with many photos.

You can click on the images and they will open up in a new window.

[ Park Congregational Graveyard ] [ Park Congregational Graveyard Part 1 ] [ Park Congregational Graveyard Part 2 ]

The Chapel was founded in 1798, and was known as Park Independent Chapel.

It was rebuilt in 1866.

It is now closed, but I do not know the date that this happened.

The chapel is going to be converted into apartments - see article further down this page.
The Independent churches were ones in which each congregation upheld the principles of independence.

In the 19th century they became known as Congregational.
In 1972 the Congregational church joined with the English Presbyterian church to become the United Reformed Church.

A New Chapter in the History of the Former Park Congregational Chapel.

Here I have placed some newspaper cuttings from the Bury Times, dated 18th November 2010,

that gives details of a conversion of yet another former Chapel - Namely Park Congregational Chapel.

You can click on the images below, and they will open up in a new window.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Here are a few photos of the chapel (Then & Now) and also some of the War Memorial,

plus a couple of interesting stones that were laid in the wall.

The Old Park Chapel.

The Old Chapel and New School.

Park Chapel

Minister Deacons and Officers - 1948.

Mr D Hill - Mr S Hill - Mr C Suthers - Mr R Anderton - Mr F Davies

Mr A Miller (Choir Master) - Mr J Hill - Rev F C Dorken B.D. - Mr E Greenhalgh - Mr N Foster (Secretary)

The above four pictures taken are from the 150th Anniversary Celebrations Booklet - Dated 1948

Park Congregational Chapel - March 2011 Park Congregational Chapel - March 2011 Park Congregational Chapel - March 2011

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The War Memorial

In Affectionate Memory
Of Those Here Recorded
Who Gave Their Lives
In The Great War
1914 – 1918

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PTE Tom Smethurst
17th Batt Lancs. Fusiliers,
Died Of Wounds In France Feb 15th 1917,

Aged 23 Years.

L/Cpl Joseph Healey
7/8th Batt Lancs Fusiliers,
Killed In France, April 22nd 1917,

Aged 21 Years.

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PTE Harry Westwell,
5th Batt Lancs Fusiliers,
Killed In France, May 14th 1917,
Aged 20 Years.

PTE Ernest Ashton
15th Batt Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
Died Of Wounds In France July 27th 1917,
Aged 22 Years.

RTE Edward Burgess,
2/8 Batt Lancs Fusiliers,
Killed In France, Nov 19th 1917, Aged 21 Years.

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PTE Henry Kenyon,
1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment,
Killed In France April 15th 1918,

Aged 34 Years.

Pioneer George Kenyon,
Royal Engineers,
Gassed And Died At Home, May 9th 1918,

Aged 36 Years.

PTE Sidney Evans,
2nd Batt Lancs Fusiliers,
Killed In France Aug 6th 1918,
Aged 33 Years.

“Greater Love Hath No Man Than This,
That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends”
St John 15. Verse 13.

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This is incorporated in the front wall.

Park Independent Sabbath School

1798

Rebuilt 1866

This is next to the entrance path to the church.

Hear Instruction,

And Be Wise, And

Refuse It Not.



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Here are a couple of photos of the graveyard.

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"Entrance To Vault"

There are a couple of these

stone slabs in the graveyard.

Next to the Large Vaults.



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Another couple of photos.

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