TONGE

1789 Pew Allocations Following the Rebuilding of Horwich Chapel

Source
More About Horwich, by M. D. Smith, in collaboration with E. M. Brownlow
1999, Wyre Publishing, ISBN: 0-9526187-4-5
p194 Appendix 2

Summary
Document for the demolition of the first known chapel at Horwich and the construction of the second.

On 18th June 1789 the following people were appointed as commissioners to take down the old Chapel of Horwich to build a new one:-

Reverend Robert Latham, clerk, Vicar of Deane
Reverend John Norcross, clerk, Curate of Horwich
Richard Pilkington the elder, gentleman
Thomas Greenhalgh (since deceased)
Robert Etough
William Longworth
Robert Greenhalgh, yeoman
Hugh Whittle

They were described as "owners of the estates within the chapelry of Horwich"

As set forth in text above there is annexed to the faculty the subjoined "account of the seats in Horwich Chapel, to what lands they belong, who the owners of the lands are, and the names of the tenants or occupiers with the number of seats belonging to each as allotted and appointed by the Commissioners under a faculty, 1782":-

NO	LANDS	OWNERS	TENANTS OR OCCUPIERS	SITTINGS
1	Roscoe’s	Hy. Blundell, Esq	Gabriel Pilkington	4
	Greenhough’s	Mr. Greenhough	Wm. Butterworth	2
2	Part of Makinson’s	Mr. Thos Scott	James Grundy	2
3	Hodgkinson’s	Rev. H. Offley Wright	John Hodgkinson	4
			John Hopwood	4
4	Knowles’s	Mr. R. Pilkington	John Turner	2
5	Walker Fold	Miss Byrom	James Scolfield	2
6	Wilson Fold	Hy. Blundell, Esq	Wm. Kirkman	4
			P. Vause &	4
			J. Longworth
7	Dakin’s	Robert Etough	Robt. Tong. &c	4
8	Pendlebury’s	Hy. Blundell, Esq	Robert Pendlebury	4
9	Whittle’s	Rev. H. Offley Wright	Mr. Peter Gorton	2
10-11	Boardman’s	Mrs. Wright	Thomas Scolfield	8
12	Markland’s	Richard Mason	Richard Mason	4
13	Gills,		Robert Etough	2
	Whittle’s and
	Hugh Whittle			2
	Stocks		Rd. Pilkington and
			John Etough	2
			Hugh Makinson	2
14	Horrock’s	Jane Marsden	Thomas Kershaw	2
	Peake’s and	John Knowles and	James Turner and
	Knuston’s	Jas. Lomax	Jas. Smith	2
		Rev. H. Offley Wright	Rich. Brownlow
			and J. Kershaw	4
15	Makinson’s	- Boardman	Wm. Longworth	4
	Markland’s	John Mason	John Mason	4
16	Lostock Hall	Hy. Blundell, Esq	Jas Shaw & others	8
17	Wallsuch	Hy. Blundell, Esq	Mr. Thos. Ridgway	4
		Mr. Thos. Ridgway		4
18	Horwich Chapel Land	The Curate of		8
		Horwich		19
		Mr. R. Greenhalgh		4
20		Wm. Longworth		4
21		Robt. Pendlebury		4
22		Hugh Whittle		4
23		Harry Stones		4
24		James Scowcroft		4
25		Widow Worthington		4
26		Robt. Sharples		4
27		Mr. Thos Ridgway		4
28-31		The Singers		4
32	Scholes Bank	Rev. H. Offley Wright	Mary Stones	4
33		Rich. Brownlow		4
34		John Etough		4
35	Greenhalgh’s	Mr. Thos. Nuttall	Mr. Jas. Eckersley	4
36	Part of late Bolton’s
	Peel Chapel lands	Peel Chapel		3
37	Walker’s Fold	Wm. Longworth	Wm. Longworth	4
38	Pilkington’s
	Mr. Rich. Pilkington
	and Knowles’s	Hy. Blundell, Esq	Snr, William Thornley	2
39	Coleman’s	Mr. R. Greenhalgh	Mr. R. Greenhalgh	4
40	Gorton’s		Mr. Peter Gorton	4
	and Mather’s		Rt. Pendlebury, Hilton,
			and Pet. Longworth
41	Old Lord’s	Rev. H. Offley Wright	Mr. Nightingale	4
	Hilton’s		Mr. Peter Gorton	4
42	Walton’s		Mr. Chantler	4
43		James Stones

Signed:-

R. Lathan, Vicar
John Norcross, Curate of Horwich
Robt. Greenhalgh
Robert Eatough
William Longworth
Hugh Whittle