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St Chad's, Kirkby |
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Memorial Inscriptions and Photographs Plan of Churchyard
Links to other Kirkby and St Chad Websites (including baptism, marriage and burial records) |
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This lovely church is located in Kirkby in the Diocese of Liverpool. According to a stone cross set up in 1875 in the church grounds, the first chapel may have been built on this site in 870 A.D. The present church was consecrated in 1871 and the oldest date discovered on a grave so far is 1698 for the burial of Thomas Asp, "a benefactor to Kirkby". More about the history of the church can be found by visiting the church's website. 4176 individuals have been indexed so far from the inscriptions. Also included are 665 photos for section A, 10 for section B, 69 for section C and 125 for section D. Work has recently been undertaken (Autumn 2008) to tidy up section D of the churchyard. A number of fallen headstones have been set back in place; some kerbstones have been removed; subsiding plots have been levelled and grass seed set. There are no immediate plans to clear section C. I hope this website will be a useful resource for researching this fascinating church as well as the families who lived in Kirkby. I have striven for a high level of accuracy, but mistakes are always possible, I apologise for these and ask that you contact me so that I can amend the error. DETAILS: First published 27 October 2002, last updated 1 August 2009. I'm sorry if you have had trouble finding this website at its new location. ORANGE discontinued the service to their members which I have been using for years and deleted all my websites. I did not receive any notice. As CEDhost is closing, I have moved my website to 110mb. I have also uploaded quite a few new photos. Please feel free to email me with any particular requests for additional photos. This site had a total of 115,458 visitors from the beginning of June 2003 to the end of April 2008. Wednesday 19 April 2006 saw a high of 400 visitors. 334 visits from 29 September to 28 December 2008. Website transferred to 110mb 27 December 2008. Counter reset to 0 on 28 December 2008. NEW! Added 1 August 2009
Added 25 July 2009
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© 2002-2009 Rosalind Lloyd roslloyduk@yahoo.co.uk I have published this information on the internet to make it available to anyone with an interest in this church and the people of Kirkby. Please add a link to this site rather than copy large sections of the data for another website. The work is ongoing, check back regularly to see additions. The pastiche on this page includes photos of ornate carvings on the Harrison grave A680 and the Milbourn graves A671, A724 and A726. |
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