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St Michael and St John Roman Catholic, Clitheroe
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St Michael and St John,
Lowergate,
Clitheroe
Lancashire
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It was founded in 1797.
The Stonyhurst Fathers began to take an interest in the few Catholics of this old market town after their arrival in the neighbour hood in 1794. It is related that in 1797 the congregation of Catholics consisted of twelve poor people. Fr. John Laurenson of Stonyhurst hired a small building and said Mass here in November 1797. As the congregation increased, a larger chapel was built, but the mission was served from Stonyhurst until 1842. Father J. Holden became the first resident priest in 1843. The congregation had increased to about 800 and a new church was built. This was opened in 1850 by Bishop Brown. Father T. Seed was Rector of the mission at this time. A beautiful new Lady Chapel was opened in 1884. The dedication of the church to St. Michael is a revival of the old dedication of the chapel in Clitheroe Castle, close to which the present church is situated. The parish is close to the Yorkshire border and serves an extensive part of the Ribble valley, which is in the Leeds diocese. In the baptismal registers the first Irish names occur very early, considering that Clitheroe is a rural town and some distance from the coast.Taken from "Salford Diocese and its Catholic past", a survey by Charles A. Bolton, a Priest of the above Diocese. Published 1950 on the First Centenary for the Diocese of Salford.
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Original Registers
Baptisms
- 1798-1865 held by Lancashire Record Office RCCO
- 1798-1865 held by Lancashire Record Office RCCO
Marriages
- 1798-1810 held by Lancashire Record Office RCCO
- 1798-1810 held by Lancashire Record Office RCCO
- 1838-1852 held by Lancashire Record Office RCCO
- 1838-1852 held by Lancashire Record Office RCCO
Burials
- 1798-1812 held by Lancashire Record Office RCCO
- 1798-1812 held by Lancashire Record Office RCCO
- 1843-1846 held by Lancashire Record Office RCCO
- 1843-1846 held by Lancashire Record Office RCCO
Copies of Original Registers
Baptisms
- 1798-1839 held by Lancashire Record Office DDX 241/9 - Microfiche
- 1798-1839 held by Lancashire Record Office DDX 241/9 - Microfiche
- 1798-1865 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 9/210 - Microfilm
- 1798-1865 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 9/210 - Microfilm
- 1947-1962 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1947-1962 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
Marriages
- 1798-1810 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 9/210 - Microfilm
- 1798-1810 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 9/210 - Microfilm
- 1798-1838 held by Lancashire Record Office DDX 241/9 - Microfiche
- 1798-1838 held by Lancashire Record Office DDX 241/9 - Microfiche
- 1838-1852 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 9/210 - Microfilm
- 1838-1852 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 9/210 - Microfilm
- 1947-1953 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1947-1953 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1961-1963 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
- 1961-1963 held by Lancashire Record Office RCSF 2
Burials
- 1798-1812 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 9/210 - Microfilm
- 1798-1812 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 9/210 - Microfilm
- 1843-1846 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 9/210 - Microfilm
- 1843-1846 held by Lancashire Record Office MF 9/210 - Microfilm
Baptisms
1798-1839
Copy of Original Register of baptisms 1798-1839 held by Lancashire Archives - DDX 241/9
1798-1865
Original Registers of baptisms 1798-1865 held by Lancashire Archives - RCCO
1798-1865
Copy of Original Register of baptisms 1798-1865 held by Lancashire Archives - MF 9/210
1947-1962
Copy of Original Register of baptisms 1947-1962 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
1798-1810
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1798-1810 held by Lancashire Archives - MF 9/210
1798-1838
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1798-1838 held by Lancashire Archives - DDX 241/9
1838-1852
Original Registers of marriages 1838-1852 held by Lancashire Archives - RCCO
1838-1852
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1838-1852 held by Lancashire Archives - MF 9/210
1947-1953
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1947-1953 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
1961-1963
Copy of Original Register of marriages 1961-1963 held by Lancashire Archives - RCSF 2
1798-1812
Copy of Original Register of burials 1798-1812 held by Lancashire Archives - MF 9/210
1843-1846
Original Registers of burials 1843-1846 held by Lancashire Archives - RCCO
1843-1846
Copy of Original Register of burials 1843-1846 held by Lancashire Archives - MF 9/210
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