Luddenden Dene Wesleyan Chapel, August 2022

 

Luddenden Dene Wesleyan Chapel opened on Christmas Day 1828 and for a small chapel in a very rural location served the local congregation until November 1978. It had cost £459 17s 7d to build and was popular with the local community. The chapel could hold a congregation of around 200 and often did at Christmas, anniversaries and celebratory times, although normal services around 25 people would attend.

Luddenden Dene Chapel was destroyed by a fire that started in the boiler room in January 1954, after this the congregation met in the Sunday School that they had opened in the 1890's. This continued until 1978 when the congregation had reduced to just 8.

In the cemetery grounds, there are 2 plots that were purchased by Calvert's Mill at nearby Wainstalls for the burial of orphans that dies whilst employed there. Grave 183 which has a headstone and grave 184 which is unmarked. Many of the children were girls from Liverpool and died of disease and malnutrition, some are said to have been buried illegally on the locals moors and to date over 140 have been identified. The picture below shows grave 183.

These pictures were taken on the 16th August 2022 using a Nikon d3300 SLR camera. They can also be seen and purchased full size, resolution and un-watermarked on Clickasnap.

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