CLOUGHFOLD Formerly a large manufacturing village in the parish of Newchurch was formed into a separate ecclesiastical district March 26 1887, from the new parishes of and St James’ Waterfoot, and art of the parochial chapelry of Newchurch, in Rossendale, and is now included in the municipal borough and civil parish or Rawtenstall: it is in the county court district of , a station on the East section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway. The church of St John, erected in 1890 at a cost of £5,000, is a building of stone in the Gothic style of the late 14th century, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave,= of five bays, transepts, aisles and a south porch, and the base of a tower: there are 450 sittings. The register dates from 1890. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £210, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester and his successors for ever, and held since 1902 by the Rev Charles Merchant, MA, of Worcester College, Oxford. The Baptist chapel, first built in 1657, enlarged in 1838 and again in 1853, cost upwards of £2,000. Dr Isaac Watts, the well known author of “Psalms and Hymns”, and of various songs and hymns for children, was sometime minister here. There are also Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. The works of the Rossendale Gas company are in this village. The population of the ecclesiastical district in 1911 was 3,110.

NEWCHURCH IN ROSSENDALE, Now included within the municipal borough of Rawtenstall, is a village on the old high road from Burnley to Manchester, 3½ miles east from ; it was originally a chapelry in the parish of Whalley and with the hamlets of Clough Fold was formed into an ecclesiastical parish June 7, 1867, from the civil parish of Whalley, Bacup county court district, rural deanery of Whalley, archdeaconry of Blackburn and diocese of Manchester. The parish is intersected by the Lancashire and Yorksihre railway, which as a station at Waterfoot, and thr skirts it on the south. The church of St Nicholas, rebuilt in 1826, on the site of the old chapel erected in 1512 is a building of stone in the Late Perpendicular style, consisting of nave, aisles, north and south porches and an embattled western tower containing a clock and 8 bells; there are memorials to the Hargreaves, Law, Lord and Patrick families and three stained windows; the church will seat 900 persons, 300 sittings being free: in the church yard is a stone with quaint inscription to John Kewchaw, founder of the Grammar school, and his wife. The register dates from the year 1623. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £650, with residence, erected in 1852, in the gift of the vicar of Whalley, and held since 1906 by the Rev James Salmon Addison MA of University College, Durham.

HARDMAN, James S Mayfield house HOYLE, Lt-Col Joshua Craven JP Lea Bank hall McKERACKER, Rev John Hunter (Baptist) Rawtenstall MERCHANT, Rev Charles MA St John's vicarage MITCHELL, Robert John Howorth Springhill RAWLINSON Harold Rose Cottage SHEPHERD, Claude Plantation House COMMERCIAL AINSWORTH, Wm Hy grocer 354 Bacup road Argenta Meat Co Limted 295 Bacup Road Army Service Corps, East Lancashire Brigade Transport and Supply Column Territorial Force (Capt HM Kenyon, commanding: Staff Sergt-Major William A stephens, instructor), Drill Hall, Irwell Mill ASHWORTH, John Thomas plumber 276 Bacup road ASHWORTH, Joseph confectioner & draper 258 Bacup road ATKINSON, George painter 303 Bacup road BARNES, Bradshaw greengrocer 2 Dobbin Lane BARNES, Henry marine stores 184 Bacup road BARNES, Samuel fruiterer & greengrocer 352 Bacup road BELL, Emmanuel grocer Higher Cloughfold BERRY, William butcher 239 Bacup road BILLINGTON, Martin coal & coke dealer Dam Top Farm BLAKELEY, Leonard chemist 249 Bacup road Brooks & Brooks stone merchants and quarry owners BURTON, Richard Wm watch ma 186 Bacup road Cawl Terrace Industrial Co-operative Society Limited 358 Bacup road Concervative Club (Jas Tattersall, sec) CORTMAN, Frank Ashworth Arms PH 325 Bacup road Cotton Cellulose Co Ltd engine waste manufacturers Albert Works CRONKSHAW, William Red Lion PH Higher Cloughfold DAVIDSON, Leslie MB ChB surgeon 156 Bacup road DISLEY, Tom clogger 263 Bacup road DIXON, Fredk Wm gas engnr 163 Bacup road EATOUGH, Harriet (Mrs) tripe dresser 423 Bacup road FARMER, Edward confectioner 253 Bacup road GREENWOOD, James Prince Albert PH 198 Bacup road HAMER, Mary (Mrs) shopkeeper 435 Higher Cloughfold HANNAH, Saml oil cloth dlr 223 Bacup road HANSON, Joseph William sewing machine agent & draper 219 Bacup road HARDMAN, Harold draper 211a Bacup road HARGREAVES, Misses Jane & Agnes farmers Myrtle Earth HARGREAVES, Albert farmer Hurdles farm HARTLEY, Charles draper 209a Bacup road HARTLEY, James draper 207 Bacup road HARVEY, Chas coal mer Higher Cloughfold HAWORTH, Henry butcher 257 Bacup road HAWORTH, Hy grocer & baker 301 Bacup road HAWORTH, John grocer 172 Bacup road HEBDEN, Mary (Mrs) confr 457 Bacup road HIGGIN, William & Sons cabinet makers 225,227 & 229 Bacup road HOLT, Benjamin clogger & boot & shoe maker 270 Bacup road HOPKINSON, Alice (Mrs) confr 278 Bacup road HORRIDGE, John fruiterer 231 Bacup road HOWGILL, Jn W (Mrs) fruitr 190 Bacup road INGHAM, James beer retailer 248 Bacup road ISHERWOOD, Jas hair dresser 275 Bacup road JACKSON, Hannah, (Mrs) grocer 348 Bacup road JAMES, William hair dresser & tobacconist 421 Bacup road JOHNSON, Thos machine brokr 221 Bacup road KEYNON, John Limited brewers Bacup road KERSHAW, William Henry wine & spirit merchant 247 Bacup road KNOWLES, Harriet (Mrs) confr 346 Bacup road MOORHOUSE, Thos news agt 226 Bacup road Newchurch Spinning & Weaving Co cotton spinners & manufacturers of cotton Victoria works Lim. goods NIXON, Cath (Mrs) milliner 302 Bacup road ORMEROD, James grocer & tea dealer 280 Bacup road PASS, Sarah Ann dining rooms 200 Bacup road PICKUP, Goerge William boot & shoe maker 331 Bacup road PILKINGTON, Jackson farmer Cross farm PILLING, Walter John house furnisher 251 Bacup road PLAICE, Robert farmer The Scarr PRESTON, Christopher draper 235 Bacup road PROCTER, Rebecca (Mrs) confr 174 Bacup road Manufacturing Co Ltd cotton spinners & manufacturers of cotton Union works goods RIDING, Thos confectioner 271 Bacup road RILEY, Edwd fried fish dlr 333 Bacup road RILEY, Geo Hy confectioner 237 Bacup road ROBERT, James shopkeeper 232 Bacup road Rossendale Union Gas Co (James Riley, sec & manager) Rossendale Weavers Association (John Farron, sec) 245 Bacup road SAGAR, James Henry fried fish shop 241 Bacup road SEVILLE, Buckley Algernon Willington hotel 373 Bacup road SIMPSON, Francis Edward insurance agent 197 Bacup road SMITH, Geo furniture broker 178 Bacup road STANSFIELD, Harry confr 213 Bacup road STEPHENSON Staff-Sergt-Major William J drill instructor to East Lancs Brigade Transport Supply Column army Service Coprs Territorial Force, Irwell Mill SUART, William confectioner 24 Bacup road TATTERSALL, James Henry tripe dresser & dealer 273 Bacup road TAYLOR, Elijah farmer Edge Lane TAYLOR, Jas tripe dresser 242 & 244 Bacup road TAYLOR, John ironmonger & tinplate worker 317 & 216 Bacup road TAYLOR, Richard hair dresser 337 Bacup road TAYLOR, Thomas grocer 233 Bacup road THOMAS, Elizh (Mrs) grocer & beer retailer TURNER, Robert grocer 233 Bacup road WADSWORTH, William Henry Shakespear inn 206 Bacup road WATSON, Wm J news agent 297 Bacup road Wesleyan & General Assurance (William Lusby, supt) 217 Bacup road Society WHITEHEAD, John artificial teeth maker 215 Bacup road WHITEHEAD, Joseph house decorator Hareholme mill WHITEHEAD, John painter & decorator 166 Bacup road WHITTAKER, James Thomas Ashworth Arms PH 325 Bacup Road WHITTAM, Wm Thos farmer Heath hall WOOD, James butcher 238 Bacup road