The Parish of Padiham in the County of -- Lancashire --

Churches in the Parish of Padiham

Church of England

1. St Leonard, Church Street, Padiham, BB12 8HQ
   St Leonard is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 792340
   Founded: 1450

2. St Anne and St Elizabeth, Hapton Road, Padiham Green, BB12 7AW
   St Anne and St Elizabeth is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 793335
   Founded: 1885 Closed: 2003

3. St Matthew (Iron Church), Rycliffe Street, Padiham, BB12 8NW
   St Matthew (Iron Church) is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 794341
   Founded: 1870 Closed: 1919
   Site for the mission church given by the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall

Roman Catholic

4. St John the Baptist, Green Lane Hapton now known as St Johns Road, Padiham, BB12 7BN
   St John the Baptist is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 793331
   Founded: 1864
   1600's High Whitaker, the home of Thomas Whitaker, a catholic priest, is said to have been used as a Catholic Chapel
   1646 Thomas Whitaker was executed
   Chapel opened 1864; Church opened 1881

5. St Philip the Apostle, Slade Lane, Padiham, BB12 8NY
   St Philip the Apostle is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 792344
   Founded: 1953 Closed: 2017

Baptist

6. Burnley Road Baptist Chapel, Pendle Street, Padiham, BB12 8RR
   Burnley Road Baptist Chapel is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 797335
   Founded: 1846
   a branch of Sabden Baptists until 1852
   1969? Burnley Road building sold
   1970 Moved into former Mount Zion, Pendle St

7. Mount Zion, Pendle Street, Padiham, BB12 8RR
   Mount Zion is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 797335
   Founded: 1866 Closed: 1948
   A breakaway group from Burnley Road Baptists
   1870 new church opened in Morley St
   1876 Land bought in Pendle St, became know as Mount Zion
   1948 Church closed and building taken over by Co-op
   1970 Burnley Rd Baptists moved into building

Congregational

8. Bethel Independent Chapel, Guy Street, Padiham, BB12 8PU
   Bethel Independent Chapel is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 794340
   Founded: 1879 Closed: 1883
   1883 Building later used as a Temperance Mission Hall
   1890 Building bought by Salvation Army

9. Horeb Union Chapel, Victoria Road, Padiham, BB12 8QY
   Horeb Union Chapel is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 798335
   Founded: 1895 Closed: ?
   Split from Burnley Road Baptists

Gospel Temperance

10. Temperance Mission Hall, Guy Street, Padiham, BB12 8PU
    Temperance Mission Hall is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 794340
    Founded: c1880 Closed: c1890
    Used former Bethel Ind Chapel building
    1890 Building bought by Salvation Army

Jehovah's Witnesses

11. Kingdom Hall, Bank Street / Higham Street, Padiham
    Founded: 1979

Methodist

12. Trinity Methodist Chapel, Wesley Street / Morley Street, Padiham, BB12 8BH
    Trinity Methodist Chapel is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 795338
    Founded: 1969 Closed: 1991
    Amalgamation of Bank School Chapel and Wesley Chapel
    1991 Building demolished, congregation moved to Morley Street

Pentecostal

13. Assemblies of God, Ightenhill Street, Padiham, BB12 8PX
    Assemblies of God is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 794340
    Founded: c1979

Primitive Methodist

14. Ebenezer Chapel, Station Road / Thompson Street, Padiham, BB12 7AS
    Ebenezer Chapel is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 795334
    Founded: 1882 Closed: ?

Society of Friends (Quaker)

15. Meeting House, Northwood, Padiham
    Founded: 1710

Salvation Army

16. Salvation Army Hall, Guy Street, Padiham, BB12 8PU
    Salvation Army Hall is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 794340
    Founded: C1890 Closed: C1946

Unitarian

17. Nazareth Unitarian Chapel, Spring Gardens / Church Street, Padiham, BB12 8JH
    Nazareth Unitarian Chapel is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 790338
    Founded: 1806

Wesleyan Methodist

18. Hall Hill Methodist Chapel, Hall Hill, Padiham, BB12 8HJ
    Hall Hill Methodist Chapel is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 791340
    Founded: 1748 Closed: c1950

19. Wesley (Church Street), North Street, Padiham, BB12 8JG
    Wesley (Church Street) is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 791340
    Founded: 1847 Closed: 1969

20. Cross Bank School Chapel, Wesley Street / Morley Street, Padiham, BB12 8BH
    Cross Bank School Chapel is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 795338
    Founded: 1871 Closed: 1969

Cemetery

21. Knighthill Cemetery, Blackburn Road, Padiham, BB12 8JZ
    Knighthill Cemetery is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 788337
    Originally St Leonards church burial ground, now public cemetery,

22. Padiham Green Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Padiham
    Founded: 1856
    Non conformists bought 10 acres of land from the Towneley Estate, also used by Catholics

23. St Johns Cemetery, St Johns Road, Padiham, BB12 7BB
    St Johns Cemetery is located at OS Grid Reference - SD 793332