The church here, which seems to have been built soon after the Monks left this place, is situated near a mile and a half from the village, upon the brink of a deep glen, whence it has obtained the name of Gill Church. In 1147 Henry de Lacy founded a monastery here, and translated hither twelve Monks and ten Conversi, under Alexander, Prior of Fountains, for the support of which he assigned the whole town of Barnoldswick. The old church was levelled to the ground by the Abbot. After six years residence in continual warfare with the Rector and Parishioners, and frequent ravages committed upon their lands by the Scots, they abandoned Barnoldswick, and went to Kirkstall. The situation of this Monastery was on the margin of the brook, west of the village.
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St. Andrew's Methodist Church , Barnoldswick. The Independant Methodist Church , Barnoldswick. The Baptist Church Centre , Barnoldswick. The Presbyterian Church , Barnoldswick. The Roman Catholic Church , Barnoldswick.