Marsden Congregational Chapel and

Buckley Hill Chapel Burial Ground, Marsden

On 3^rd May 1801 James Bond of Midgley (born Kendal 1779) married Ann Butterfield of Ovenden at Halifax, West Riding Yorkshire. He was a papermaker by trade, and in 1823 he became the Minister at the Clayton West Chapel, and from 1824 the Rev. James Bond was the Independent Minister at the Marsden Congregational Chapel.

On 14^th October 1846, Rev.James Bond retired as Pastor, and for the next ten years of his life, he resided at 21 Thimble Street, Marsden.

A book “The History of Marsden Congregational Church” was written by Rev. L.Beaumont in 1900, in which tribute was paid to all the Ministers who administered at the Chapel.

An appendix to the book lists INTERMENTS in the Buckley Hill Chapel Burial Ground, Marsden.
For the benefit of researchers I have taken the liberty of indexing them below, in some instances only part dates are quoted and these should be checked with official registers.

BURIAL  INTERMENTS

1808 to 1857
Armitage, James, 07 Sep 1815
Armitage, Mrs,.Lane Ings, 02 Jan 1816
Armitage, Joseph, son of James/Sarah, 07 Feb 1838
Armitage, Elizabeth, 20 Nov 1841
Armitage, Sarah Ann, dau of William, 09 Nov 1848
Armitage, Elizabeth, dau of James, 15 Apr 1849
Armitage, John, aged 65,Wood, 11 Apr 1850
Armitage, Sarah, dau of George/Ann, 1851
Armitage, Eliza, wife of Joseph, aged 77,Lane Ings 10 Oct 1855
Armitage, Joseph, aged 81 years,09 Jan 1856
Bailey,    John, 30 Apr 1833
Bamforth, Hannah, 01 Mar 1814
Bamforth, Betty, Sparth,1829
Bamforth, James's child, Jun 1831
Bamforth, Joseph, Gatehead, 16 Aug 1841
Bamforth, James's son, 29 Dec 1841
Bamforth, Joseph & Mary's child, Feb 1842
Bamforth, Martha, Gatehead, 22 Nov 1845
Barber,    Thomas, 08 Aug 1815
Barker,    Betty, 24 Aug 1845
Bond,      Martha, dau of George Bond, 20 Mar 1830
Bond,      Jonathan, 27 Nov 1831
Bond,      James, son of George Bond, 19 Dec 1832
Bond,      Jonathan, son of George Bond, 05 Feb 1834
Bond,      John, son of James/ Betty, 17 Sep 1837
Bond,      Mary (Dyson),wife of George Bond, 01 Mar 1840
Bond,      Agnes, dau of George Bond, 23 Apr 1840
Bond,      Rev. James, died 25 Mar 1856
Bradbury, John, 11 Sep 1845
Broadbent, Benjamin's child, 12 Sep 1838
Broadbent, Benjamin's child, 24 Feb 1841
Campinot, James, 26 May 1833
Campinot, Elizabeth, wife of James, 07 Apr 1834
Campinot, Joseph's child, 1835
Carter,     Isaac, 1810
Carter,     Hannah,24 Apr 1814
Carter,     William, 1817
Carter,     Sarah Ann, 01 Mar 1825
Carter,     Betty, 24 Aug 1826
Carter,     Joseph's child, 1829
Carter,     Joseph, 03 Apr 1830
Carter,     Joseph, 19 Aug 1831
Carter,     John, 30 Nov 1831
Carter,     Joseph, James/Betty's son, Badger Hey 1831
Carter,     Hannah, dau of James/Betty, 11 Dec 1837
Carter,     Betty, dau of John/Ann Carter, 10 Apr 1839
Carter,     Sarah, 26 Feb 1841
Chalinor,   Samuel's child, 1827
Chalinor,   Samuel's child, 11 Dec 1832
Chalinor,   Samuel's child, Jun 1835
Chalinor,   Henry, Hannah's child, 1839
Charlesworth, Mary, wife of John, 16 Jun 1844
Cooper,     Hannah, 1829
Cooper,     Sarah, dau of Jonathan Cooper, 1829
Cordingley, John's child, 05 Jan 1834
Cordingley, John's son, 24 Nov 1848
Crossley,   John's six children, 1851
Dyson,      John, 1831
Dyson,      Joseph's & Felicia's child, 1834
Dyson,      Joseph's & Felicia's child, 1836
Fielding,    John, Binn, 1821
Fielding,    Martha, John's wife, aged 78 yrs, Binn, 09 Apr 1849
Fielding,    Thomas, Aug 1857
Firth,       Luke,Senior, White Lee, 01 Jul 1810
Firth,       Luke, Junior, White Lee, 18 Jun 1818
Firth,       John, 1822
Firth,       Joseph, Lingards Wood, 1822
Firth,       Mally, wife of the above Joseph, 1822
Firth,       David's wife, Green Hill, Apr 1825
Firth,       John, Hill, 19 Sep 1826
Firth,       David, Hill, 12 Oct 1828
Firth,       Samuel's child, 1829
Firth,       Joseph's child, 1829
Firth,       Mary, 11 Mar 1830
Firth,       Samuel, New Ing, 1831
Firth,       Mary, wife of Samuel Firth, 05 Nov 1831
Firth,       Joseph's child, 1832
Firth,       William, Wood, 05 May 1833
Firth,       Betty, dau of Samuel Firth, 25 May 1833
Firth,       Mary's child, Staley Bridge, 1833
Firth,       Sarah, wife of David Firth, 1833
Firth,       Sarah, Joseph's Child, Mar 1835
Firth,       Sarah, dau of John/Harriet Firth, 1836
Firth,       Edwin, son of Joseph's, Hill, Lingards Wood, 06 Oct 1837
Firth,       Hannah, Hill, 05 Mar 1840
Firth,       David, Green Hill, 1842
Firth,       Mary, Whitelee, Feb 1842
Firth,       David's child, 16 Dec 1842
Firth,       David, Green Hill, 1844
Firth,       Ann, Binn House, 07 Feb 1845
Firth,       Betty, aged 81 years, Wood, 28 Jan 1848
Firth,       John, Water Side, 08 Jan 1849
Firth,       Joseph, aged 59, Wood, 08 Apr 1849
France,      Samuel's daughter, 1815
France,      Abram's child, 1828
France,      Betty, the younger, 1829
France,      Samuel's child, 1829
France,     William, 21 Apr 1829
France,     Thomas, 06 May 1834
France,     Hannah, 07 Mar 1837
France,     Sarah, dau of Abraham's, 11 Mar 1837
France,     James, 21 Oct 1837
France,     Betty, relict of Thomas France, 15 May 1838
France,     Isaac, aged 29 years, 16 Feb 1845
France,     Mary Ann, dau of Abram France, 1853
France,     Mary, wife of Abram France, 13 Sep 1857
Garside,     Henry, son of William Henry/Elizabeth.,Wood, 26 Nov 1845
Garside,     Henry, son of William Henry, 14 Jun 1850
Greenwood, James's wife, Lingards Wood, 1808
Greenwood, Mary, Lingard Wood, 20 Feb 1829
Grime,    Jeffrey, 1826
Grime,      Francis, 1828
Grime,      Hannah, Grange, 04 Dec 1843
Grime,      Jeffrey, 20 Dec 1847
Haigh,       Thomas, 1818
Haigh,      Martha, daughter of Sarah, 1826
Haigh,      Thomas's wife and two children, 1830
Haigh,      Ann, Paddock, 16 Sep 1845
Haigh,      Mary Ann, dau of Samuel Haigh, Staley Bridge, 20 Jan 1847
Haigh,      Martha, wife of Thomas Haigh, 25 Nov 1847
Haigh,      James Edwin, son of Samuel's, 15 Oct 1848
Heaps,       Joseph, Mount, 1817
Hill,         Joseph's daughter, 10 Apr 1814
Hill,        John, 17 Oct 1814
Hill,        Joseph's wife, 1815
Hill,        Joseph's daughter, 09 April 1815
Hill,        Joseph's wife, 1816
Hill,        Sarah, wife of John Hill, 1826
Hill,        Hannah, daughter of Samuel Hill, 1827
Hill,        John, Fall Lane, 21 Feb 1829
Hill,        Roland, son of James/Betty, 02 May 1837
Hill,        James & Hannah's child, 26 Jul 1837
Hill,        Samuel, senior, 28 Feb 1840
Hill,        Matilda, dau of Sam/Ann Hill, 29 May 1840
Hill,        John, son of James/Betty, 02 May 1841
Hill,        Ann, Sam's wife, 09 Jul 1843
Hill,        Hannah, dau of James Hill, 17 Oct 1848
Hill,        James, Forest, 14 Nov 1848
Hirst,       Joseph, Huddersfield, 1829
Hirst,       John, Crowhill, 10 Aug 1841
Holroyd,   Martha, Rough Lee, 1819
Holroyd,    William, Rough Lee, 22 Mar 1826
Holroyd,    William, Chain, 1829
Holroyd,    William's child, 28 Jul 1835
Holroyd,   Joseph, Rough Lee, 14 May 1836
Holroyd,   Joseph, Grange, 1836
Holroyd,   Mary's child, Grange, 1836
Holroyd,   William, Grange, 06 Aug 1836
Holroyd,   James, junior, 19 Oct 1836
Holroyd,   James, Smithy Holme, 1836
Holroyd,   Martha, Smithy Holme, 04 Dec 1836
Horsfall,     Samuel, and child, 1821
Howarth, Thomas, Factory, 1828
Howarth, Joseph's child, 1829
Howarth, Joseph's second child, 1835
Howarth, Henrietta, 06 Apr 1849
Johnstone, Eliz, former wife of William, Whiteley 06 Jul 1835
Johnstone, John, son of William/Sarah,18 Jun 1838
Kaye,        Hannah, Stubbin, 30 Dec 1845
Langley,    John & Joseph (same day), 1828
Langley,    Mary, 25 Apr 1833
Langley,    John, aged 63 years, 11 Jan 1848
Laycock,    Betty, 1821
Laycock,    Fanny, 1822
Laycock,    Robert, 1822
Laycock,    Mary, widow of Robert Laycock, 1828
Laycock,    John, son of Richard's, 20 Jun 1837
Laycock,    Abraham, 05 Mar 1847
Laycock,   Betty, 08 Jul 1849
Lilley,       Nicholas's two children, 1830
Lilley,       Nicholas, 1832
Lilley,       Nicholas's widow, 1833
Longley,     Eliza, wife of William Longley, 03 Jan 1847
Lunn,       Sarah, dau of James Wood, 29 Dec 1846
Marsden, James's wife, 30 July 1814
Marsden, James's daughter, 1829
Marsden, Esther's child, 07 Apr 1831
Marsden, Rebecca, 1834
Marsden, Jeffrey, son of Isaac, 18 Mar 1836
Marsden, Isaac's child, 23 Mar 1836
Marsland,    Mary, dau of Joseph Woodhead, Jan 1845
Meal,        James, Lingard Moor, 1828
Mellor,      James, Forest, 1816
Mellor,      John, 1816
Mellor,      Sarah, wife of Joseph, 1818
Mellor,      Joseph, Forest, 26 Jan 1826
Mellor,      Ann, 1827
Mellor,      Jacob, 1827
Mellor,      John's child, 18 Mar 1831
Mellor,      John, son of Isaac Mellor, 20 May 1835
Mellor,      Daniel's child, 16 May 1836
Mellor,      Sarah, dau of John's, Forest, 17 Apr 1837
Mellor,      John, son of John/Francis, 06 Oct 1837
Mellor,      Sarah, dau of Daniel's, 16 Feb 1838
Mellor,      Hannah, Fall Lane, 1843
Mellor,      James, sen, aged 84, 19 Jun 1843
Mellor,      Joseph, 06 Feb 1843
Mellor,      Daniel,infant son of Matthew/Ann Mellor, 09 Jun 1843
Mellor,      Rebecca, aged 78 years, 21 Apr 1844
Mellor,      Mary, wife of Isaac Mellor, 08 Jul 1846
Mellor,      Eliza Ann, dau of Isaac/Mary, 20 Feb 1847
Morris,     Jane, dau of Thomas Morris, Oct 1835
Mosley,     William, 18 Oct 1830
Mosley,     Fanny, 27 Apr 1833
Mosley,     William, son of Wm/Fanny, 01 May 1833
Mosley,     Betty, 19 Dec 1839
Mosley,     William, 05 Aug 1842
Nuttan,      John, 27 Dec 1832
Pearson,    William's child, 09 Apr 1840
Pogson,     Daniel, 19 Nov 1838
Pogson,     Williams's wife, 19 Dec 1839
Pogson,     Mary Jane, dau of Betty's, 17 Sep 1840
Rove,       Mary Ann, daughter of Esther Rove, 1828
Saville,     Mally, 23 Nov 1840
Scawthorn, Jonathan's child, 1828
Schofield, Betty's child, 23 July 1828
Schofield, John, bro to Joseph, drowned, 05 Mar 1836
Shaw,       Philip's wife, 1812
Shaw,       John's wife, Marsden, 1813
Shaw,        Sarah, dau of Rev Sylvanus Shaw, 06 Apr 1814
Shaw,       William's two sons, 1829
Shaw,       William's son, 04 Mar 1830
Shaw,       Elizabeth, dau of Edmund Shaw, 24 Apr 1833
Shaw,       Joseph's child, Slaithwaite Hall, 1834
Shaw,       Philip, 01 Oct 1835
Shaw,       Ephraim, son of Edmund's, 24 May 1837
Shaw,       Philip's child, 13 Jun 1837
Shaw,       William, son of Joseph's, Slaithwaite Hall, 16 Mar 1839
Sykes,       James's children, 1813
Sykes,      Robert, son of James, 1821
Sykes,      James's child, 04 Mar 1830
Sykes,      James, Paddock, 1836
Sykes,       Hannah, dau of Joseph, Paddock, 31 Jul 1836
Sykes,      Mary, Slaithwaite Hall, 26 May 1837
Sykes,       William, son of Phineas Sykes, 12 Jul 1838
Sykes,       James, son of James/Alice Sykes, 12 Dec 1838
Sykes,      Meria, wife of Henry Sykes, 30 Aug 1839
Sykes,      Joseph, Wamm, Nov 1840
Sykes,      Jane, dau of Henry Sykes, 06 Jun 1841
Sykes,      Abraham's son, 1842
Sykes,      Ann, dau of Joseph Sykes, 22 Nov 1846
Tattersall, Richard, 15 Jan 1835
Taylor,     George, Blacksmith, Idle Row, 17 Mar 1814
Taylor,      Sarah, widow of George Taylor, 06 Mar 1819
Taylor,      John, 15 may 1836
Thorp,      James, 1831
Thorp,      John's child, 1846
Tinker,     Mary, 1813
Vickerman, Alice, 1819
Vickerman, Alice, daughter of the above, 1819
Vickerman, Paul, 1821
Vickerman, Sally, 1822
Vickerman, Hannah, 1836
Waterhouse, Mary, Oxhouse, 1835
Waterhouse, Samuel, Oxhouse, 1835
Waterhouse, Sally, dau of Joseph/Molly, 11 Jan 1838
Whitehead, James's .. two children, 15 May 1810
Whitehead, John, 27 Feb 1811
Whitehead, James son of above, 28yrs, Oct 1811
Whitehead, James's wife,aged 52, 28 Oct 1831
Whitehead, Robert, 27 Nov 1836
Whiteley, William, 02 Jan 1813
Whiteley, Elizabeth, 02 Apr 1814
Whiteley, Martha, 18 May 1815
Whiteley, William, Senior, 08 May 1823
Whiteley, James, 15 Feb 1843
Wood,      John's son, 1819
Wood,      John, Hey, 1828
Wood,      John's son, 1828
Wood,      Ann, Buckley Hill, 1830
Wood,      Hannah, Buckley Hill, 04 Jan 1842
Wood,      Miss, Buckley Hill, 27 Apr 1843
Wood,      John's two children, 1844
Wood,      Mary Ann, dau of James, Meltham Mills, 23 Nov 1846
Wood,      Joseph, son of James Wood, 24 Jul 1847
Wood,      Simeon, son of James Wood, 21 Oct 1848
Woodhead,  Alice, 08 Apr 1816
Woodhead, James's child, 1818
Woodhead,  Betty, 1820
Woodhead, John, 1820
Woodhead, Joseph's three children, 1824
Woodhead, Anthony's child, 1828
Woodhead, James, son of Joshua, 1829
Woodhead, James, Sparth, 02 Oct 1838
Woodhead, Mally, 22 Dec 1840
Woodhead, Samuel, Staley Bridge, 1844
Woodhead, Joshua, Hill, 26 Jan 1845
Wrigley,    James, 07 Oct 1815
Wrigley,    Joseph's child, 1829
Wrigley,    Joseph's child, 1830
Wrigley,    Alice, dau of Joseph Wrigley, 1837
Wrigley,    James, 1839
Wrigley,    Mary, 1839
Wrigley,    Joseph, senior, Sep 1841
Wrigley,    Sarah, 23 Feb 1847
     Note, that in some instances a place name follows that of the forename.
     e.g. Mellor, James, Forest, "Forest" being the place name.

Roll of Ministers (1790 - 1900) Period Baptisms

Reverend. Sylvanus Shaw … 1790 - 1824 403

Reverend. James Bond … 1824 - 1846 865

Reverend. Hanley Pickersgill … 1847 - 1862 257

Reverend. F.Wilson … 1862 24

Reverend. T.W.Holmes … 1864 - 1873 143

Reverend. W.Thornbeck … 1873 - 1880 173

Reverend. Edgar Todd … 1882 - 1886 98

Reverend. J.G.Murray … 1888 - 1892 75

Reverend. Luke Beaumont … 1893 - 1898 93

Reverend. F.R.Swan … 1899 -

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Total 2,131

Some Chief Events

Church Formed … … … 1790 on the 14^thApril,

First Choir established … … 1806

First Chapel erected … … … 1807

Opening of New Organ … … 1852

Second Chapel erected … … 1858

New Sunday School opened … … 1891

Church re-built in the 1930’s, and now renamed The United Reform Church.

Rev. 15.04.04 Peter.W.Bond