The Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints

 

The Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints, in Whalley, is situated in Church Lane, near to OS grid reference SD733362.

According to the Statutes of Blackburneshire (14th Century) the church at Whalley was founded early in the 7th Century.

The Domesday Book (1086) records that the "church of St Mary had in Wallei two carucates of land free of all custom". It was towards the end of the 11th Century that a stone built Norman church replaced the native wood building.

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 IN MEMORY OF / JAMES ORMEROD / OF WHALLEY, / WHO DIED MAY 31 1885, / AGED 65 YEARS. / ALSO OF HIS FATHER / JOHN ORMEROD / WHO DIED JAN 9, 1868, / AGED 75 YEARS. / ALSO OF AGNES HIS MOTHER / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED MAY 1, 1857, / AGED 71 YEARS. / ALSO OF DAVID THEIR SON / WHO DIED APRIL 18, 1869, / AGED 47 YEARS.
Whalley_John_O_01.JPG (157225 bytes) In Loving Memory of / JOHN ORMEROD / OF MILNROW, / WHO DIED MARCH 15TH 1884, / IN HIS 65TH YEAR. / AND WAS INTERRED AT ST JAMES'S CHURCH MILNROW. / ALSO OF MARGARET, HIS BELOVED WIFE, / WHO DIED AT PARK VILLAS WHALLEY, AUGUST / 8TH 1898. AGED 78 YEARS.
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 In Affectionate Remembrance / of / THE LATE / THOMAS ORMEROD, / OF WHALLEY, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 2ND 1886, / AGED 68 YEARS. / ALSO OF ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 3RD 1883, / AGED 64 YEARS. / ALSO OF JANE, THEIR DAUGHTER, / AND WIFE OF NATHANIEL SPENCER, / OF GREENBANK COTTAGES CLOUGHFOLD. / WHO DIED MAY 14TH 1889, AGED 40 YEARS. / ALSO OF MARY, BELOVED WIFE OF THE LATE / JOHN HARGRAVES, OF WHALLEY, / AND DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE NAMED / THOMAS & ELIZABETH ORMEROD, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE FEB 23RD 1919, / AGED 76 YEARS. / REST AFTER WEARINESS SWEET REST AT LAST.