Four Lane Ends Congregational Church

Between Tottington and Affteside is Four Lane ends. It sits at the junction of Bradshaw road and Harwood road. Tiny community, just a handful of cottages. I recall forty something years ago driving a Landrover with my Grandma Jane up to these cottages on a Christmas morning, in the snow, to take a Christmas dinner to the old people - Meals on Wheels. Now with a big grip on my family history this church stirs some distant memories. Some of the engraved names are distant relatives or relatives of relatives. The two stone inscriptions are important too. They represent that even a tiny community such as this sent their menfolk to war.

There are two inscriptions to the right of the left window below:

"IN HONOUR OF ALL

WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR

1939- 1945"

"IN HONOUR OF THE LADS

WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR

1914 -1918"

I am not sure that these inscriptions are in the IWM Database.

It is clear that the names on the walls are families that used the church, how or why they had their names engraved is not clear

 I did not have time to do a proper photo study as I was in the middle of "The Peelers" challenge walk, so I took the chance to take what I could and move on!
The names are transcribed below. - Hopefully your internet search will have found them!

Derek James Brown
Sarah Lucy Brown and James Brown
James Barlow Brown
Sarah Lucy Brown

Annie and Squire Shaw
Samuel Horrocks Howard
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Olive and William Turner
Mollie Turner
Stanley Eastwood
-
Ephraim and Emily Turner

James and Alice Ann Pilling
Alice Ann and Gertrude

Clarence and Mildred Haydock

Jack and Margaret Hopkinson

Betty Grimshaw, Ellen Grimshaw

Peter and Annie Elizabeth Allanson

Bert and Sarah A. Allanson

Brian Nuttal, Betty Wall

John and Alice Hopkinson

George and Amy Turner

Samuel Bentley

Joseph Entwhistle

Joseph and Alice Anson

Albert Forrest, James Forrest, Tom Forrest, John Forrest, Theresa Forrest, Elizabeth M. Forrest, Margaret S. and Thomas A. Wolfenden

William Henry and Vera Matthews

Peter and Sally Hamer

James and Eleanor Waring

William and Olive Turner

Stanley and Molly Eastwood, Nee Turner and Carole

Peter and Betsey Bently

Roger and Alice Howard

Squire and Annie Shaw

J and A Smith

James, Rachel & Annie Forrest George Forrest

George and May Roberts

Eli and Mary Ann Warburton

Walter Ainsworth, Edith Ainsworth

Joseph and Hannah Warburton

Robert and Olive Platt

Robert and Mary Ann Scowcroft

Gordon and Marion Turner

Edna Forrest

Edward Sharples, Ena Mercer, Alice Anderton, Edith Sharples, Elizabeth Fitton, Thomas and Maarion Walker, William Henry and Hannah Syddall

Richard and Alice Jane Nuttall

Bert and Hannah Evans

Peter and Hannah Roscow

Thomas and  Alice Turner

Ann and Betty Turner

Thomas and Betty Bentley

Thomas and Anne Nuttall

James Nuttall

James Pilling and Alice Ann Pilling

Thomas a Sarah Ellen Turner son Edward

Myles and Margaret Nuttall

Joseph and Rachel Nuttall

Fred L Adcock - A Lay Preacher

Thomas and Elsie Roberts

Bert and Ethel Worby

Aaron Smith, James Smith

William Nuttall

John and Alice Nuttall

Edwin and Elsie Watters

There appears to be Allanson round the corner, but I can't resolve it

The inscription reads 

FOUR LANE ENDS 

CONGREGATIONAL

BUILT 1832

ENLARGED 1930

There is also a stone that says "In Memorium"  This could mean that these are the parishioners that are remembered that have been engraved on the stones. More research!

Not too happy with this - poor photos

Lancashire Fusiliers' South African War Memorial

The Lancashire Fusiliers sent 4000 men to the war in South Africa. The idea of erecting a memorial to fallen did not materialise until 1903 when the plan became public. Initially the plan was to site the memorial in the Market Place next to John Peel. The statue remained in the Market Place until 1920.

This has been a frequently published picture. It shows the unveiling of the
memorial. The Robert Peel statue is behind. This will be examined in more detail elsewhere.
The wood framed building at the rear is the "Two Tubs" pub. The church is Bury Parish Church.
The War Memorial will be erected in front of this church. The monument was unveiled by the
17th Earl of Derby in March 1905.

The statue was moved to its place in Whitehead Clock Tower Gardens in 1920.
The design of the cheering soldier was considered radical at the time when the cliché was for soldiers to be in repose or mourning.

There is considerably more information at this site. Much research has gone into the detail. Please acknowledge with a link should you use any of this information. Photos used here are mine and copywrite free and may be used - a link would be appreciated.

On the actual memorial the letter U is not used. The letter V is used in its place. There are very few instances where it causes confusion.

The design of the memorial was by Sir George Frampton, R.A., P.R.B.S. (1860-1928) He liaised with Lieutenant Colonel Sir Lees Knowles M.P. about the design. A lengthy process it was said.

Sir Lees Knowles

He was  MP for West Salford.

He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 3rd Volunteer Batallion - The Lancashire Fusiliers in 1899.

When war broke out in South Africa later that year and Lees is known to have encouraged the formation of the "Volunteers Active Service Companies" to support the regular Lancashire Fusiliers Batallion in SA. In addition to this he lead the setting up of a compassionate fund to assist returning servicemen and their families.  The fund still exists today and is known as "Fusiliers Aid Society" (Since reorganisation - this now encompasses the Fusilier Regiments in the UK)

After the conclusion of the Boer War in SA he sought official recognition for the Lancashire Fusiliers

and because of his friendship with King Edward VII it was successful.

The Fusiliers were honoured with a Primrose Hackle to be worn on the left side of head dress as a Battle Honour.

 Frampton was an extremely prolific sculptor. The link below will take you to his output

For those interested in Victorian sculpture this link will take you there. Clearly the figure would be controversial - he is a proud soldier, cheering for the King, sorrowfull but proud. He is dressed in the regiments home uniform, rather than that worn by the regiment in which it fought in South Africa. The primrose yellow hackle is visible. The regiment used to march on WhitSunday locally. One of my friends joined up at the very end of the 50's. Got to admit there was a certain feel about "our" regiment and the battle honours that it won.

The Whitehead clock is just visible behind.

TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY
OF LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS,
LINE, MILITIA AND VOLUNTEER
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
THEIR SOVEREIGN AND THEIR COUNTRY
IN SOUTH AFRICA 1900-2
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED
BY THEIR COMRADES OF ALL
RANKS & BY FRIENDS OF
THE REGIMENT

The LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISIONED OFFICERS BELOW:

THE NAMES OF OFFICERS

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN,

WHO WERE KILLED OR WHO DIED

IN SOUTH AFRICA

1900-1902

CAPTAINS

C.H.HICKS

R.B.BLUNT

(BREVET MAJOR)

G.M.STEWART

V.H.A.AWDRY

R.R.CHALLENOR

G. de C.L=MARCHANT?

D.H.PARKER

LIEUTENANTS

J.J.R.MALLOCK

E.FRASER

P.F.NEWNHAM

(INDIAN STAFF CORPS)

F.O.BARKER

COLOUR SERGEANTS

ASTLEY. J.

POTTER.R.J.

SHOEBOTHAM.A

WAINWRIGHT.J

SERGEANT-DRUMMER

BROWN.T

SERGEANTS

CASS.F

COX.J

GREGORY.J

HOLMES.J.A.

HOPE.F.

HORRIDGE.J

LIGHTFOOT.R

STEWART.J

CORPORALS

ALLEN.A.J

DARBY.J

GREENHALLS.S

HEATON.J.V

KING.T

LEIGHTON.S

LUNN.J

MASON.E

LANCE-CORPORALS

CONGANNON.J

CONNOLLY.F.T

DAVIES.A

FLETCHER.T

FOY.N

KENNEDY.W

KENYON.W

LANG.J

MITCHELL.C

MITCHELL.H

NIXON.J

PRICE.D

WALSH.E

WALSH.T

DRUMMERS

BACON.J.H

GREGG.R

HODGSON.F

SHEARON.R

PRIVATES

PRIVATES

APPLETON.J

BAINBRIDGE.E

BALLARD.W

BARLOW.R

BATTINSON.W.R

BEARD.J

BECKFORD.W

BENNETT.S

BINNS.W

BIRCH.C

BOOTH.W

BRADLEY.G

BRADY.J

BRAZIER.E

BRODERICK.J

BROWN.E

BROWN.J

BUCKLEY.A

BULLO.R

BURKE.J

BUTLER.T

BUTTERWORTH.R

CADMAN.J

CARNEY.M

CARR.J

CARTER.T

CAVANAGH.P

CHANEY.J

COALSBY.J

COOKE.B.G

COPE.B

CORRGAN.P

CROSBY.J

DALE.A

DANIELS.J

DELANEY.D

DEMPSEY.W

DEVINE.D

DODD.C.E

DOYLE.G

DOYLE.J

DYER.D

EAVES.R

ESCRITT.H

EVERETT.F

FLETCHER.J

FOLEY.J

FOTHERGILL.T

FRASER.J

FRIARS.A.H

GARNER.W

GILL.L

GOUGH.A

GREEN.G

GREEN.M

GREENHALGH.S

GREENWOOD.F

GRIMSHAW.W

HANDS.W.H

HANNON.J

HARAN.J

HARMER.J

HART.J

HARTLEY.D

HASLEM.T

HAWKER.E

HAYNES.W

HEATH.G

HENDERSON.J

HENRY.J

HEYES.J

HILL.H

HILLYARD.C

HINDLEY.R

HODGSON.F ?

HOGAN.J

HOPKINS.A

HOPKINS.R

HORNER.F.M

HOULTRAM.A

HOWELL.A

JACKSON.A

PRIVATES

PRIVATES

JACKSON.J

JACKSON.T

JAQUES.H

JOHSTON.J

KAY.A

KAY.J

KAVANAGH.T

KEARNS.J ?

KENNY.J

LANE.J

LAWSON.J

LEE.J

LEVETTT.F?

LIGHTBOWN.E

LINDLEY.E

LONGWORTH.S

LYONS.J

M’CORMICK.W

M’KEOWN.W.H

M’MANNC.F

MARCHINGTON.J

MARGERISON.J.W

MARR.P

MILLER.G

MILLER.H.E

MOORE.F

MOORES.T

MOULTON.F.E

MOSELEY.A

O’HARA.J

OPENSHAW.S

ORTON.G

PEARSON.J

PENDLEBURY.J.W

PENNOCK.J

POLLARD.J

POLLIT.T.F

POWELL.T

PRATT.J

PULLEN.F

RATCHFORD.W

RAVEN.H

REED.H.E

REEVES.C

RICE.T

RICHARDSON.G.H

RIGBY.C

ROBERTS.T

ROBINSON.E

ROGERS.R

ROTHWELL.H

ROYLE.J

RUSHMAN.W

SALISBURY.W

SINGLETON.C

SINGLETON.J

SINNETT.T

SMITH.A

SMITH.E

SMITH.G

STINSON.J

STREET.A

SWALES.W

TAYLOR.J

TAYLOR.J

TAYLOR.R

TAYLOR.S

THOMPSON.E

TIERNEY.G

TIMMINS.P

TOBIN.J

TURNER.J.T

WALKER.J

WALSH.M

WANLESS.A

WELSFORD.J

WESTHEAD.J

WHITE.J

WHITEHEAD.C

WHITEHEAD.J

WILDMAN.R

WILLIAMS.A

WILLIAMSON.J

WILSON.G

WILSON.J

WOODFORD.H.J

ANOTHER VIEW OF THIS PANEL

The soldier who modelled was
Harry Ibell, he served in the 16th Lancers.
George Frampton had his studio in London

Looking towards Manchester.

This website is not meant to supplant any of the very well, and passionate research out here on the internet. Please read their work. Much of what you read here is on the links. I have drawn it together somewhat. Please use the photos they are mine and copywrite free.

PEEL TOWER

I could see this monument, known as Peel Tower from my house. I suppose I saw it every day for nigh on 20 years. As lads we had managed to scramble in the bottom bit and even get to the parapet.The stairs, those that were left were frightening. It wasn't to this year that I finally got inside and had a look up and down. It is cold, damp and if it wasn't lit it would be scary. There is nearly 200 steps to the top. However the signal on the mobile is superb! The actual monument cost £900 pounds to build. The tower was opened by Rossendale Mountain rescue that day. They charged a £1 to go in and climb to the top!
When the flag is flying the tower is open. There are more pictures in the datastore here.

Looking down the inside of Peel Tower

Peel Tower from the West

Peel's Speech on the "ground floor"

More distant view of the Tower

PEEL MONUMENT, HOLCOMBE
ERECTED 1852
IN MEMORY OF SIR ROBERT PEEL

"It may be that I shall leave a name sometimes remembered with expressions of good will in the abodes of those , whose lot it is to labour, and to earn their daily bread with the sweat of their brow-when they shall recruit their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food the sweeter, because it is no longer leavened with a sense of injustice"

EXTRACT FROM SPEECH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL, DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
JANUARY 27th 1846