Title: History of the old Independent chapel Tockholes, near Blackburn Lancashire; or, About two centuries and a half of nonconformity in Tockholes
Description: A history of Congregationalism subsequent to the Restoration of Charles II and subsequent ejections of Ministers from the Church of England, with particular reference to Tockholes Chapel, one of the earliest centers. It includes specific histories of the chapel on the current site, and also Bethesda Chapel formed as an offshoot, and which flourished for about 20 years in the early 1800s. Descriptions of Ministers who served there are given, with particular reference to James McQuhae, Rev. Abram, and the redoubtable Horrocks Cocks. Genealogies of 6 local families are also given, including the Nightingales, Brindles, Cockers and Smiths, all extensively intermarried. The Reverend Benjamin is a Tockholes Nightingale of the same family. He and I share an ancestor in Thomas Nightingale (b 1743) of Lower Hill. Stephen Nightingale (Clitheroe, 1953)
Subjects: Tockholes, Bethesda Chapel, Genealogies, Nightingale, Cocker, Brindle, Independent Chapel (Tockholes, England), Genealogy, Religious Dissenters, Church history
Places: Tockholes, Lancashire
People: James McQuhae, Wm Abram, Horrocks Cocks, Benjamin Nightingale.
Time periods: 1660-1900