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Graves at St James
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A transcript of the 50 oldest gravestone inscriptions was recorded by an unknown person between 1980 and 1992, and obtained by Howard Lambert in 1993 who has kindly donated the material to Lancashire OPC. This is not a full transcription of the text of the gravestone, but just a record of names and dates.

The transcript is presented here as a register of burials within each grave. The grave numbers used here are arbitrary and do not form part of the Howard Lambert transcript.

Grave: 1   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1Edmund Ashworth 81 Ashworth Mill 3 Apr 1830
2Betty Ashworth 43 Wife Edmund Ashworth 19 Jul 1795
3Thomas Ashworth 7m Son Edmund Ashworth 9 Aug 1800
4Jonathan Ashworth 68 Ashworth Mill 15 Nov 1882
5Matilda Ashworth 90 Wife Jonathan Ashworth 18 Jan 1916
6Blanche Smith 28 Daughter Jonathan Ashworth 208 Broad Lane, Rochdale 23 Apr 1884
7Edgar Ashworth, grandson of the above Jonathan Ashworth 3m Son Walter Ashworth Sarah Ashworth Clay Lane, Rochdale 21 Dec 1879
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 2   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Spouse Abode Date buried
1John Ashworth 82 Broad Car, Bircle 21 Apr 1788
2Ann Ashworth 96 Wife John Ashworth 25 May 1797
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 3   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Spouse Abode Date buried
1Thomas Baron 89 Ashworth 26 Feb 1819
2Ann Baron 57 Wife Thomas Baron 8 Jan 1787
3George Baron 36 Son Thomas Baron 13 May 1809
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 4   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1John Barns 20 28 Dec 1783
2Jane Brearly 19 Daughter James Barns Robert Brearly Wolstenholme
3John Brearly 10m Son Robert Brearly Jane Brearly 1796
4James Barns 84 17 Oct 1814
5Sarah Barns 83 years Wife James Barns 18 Jan 1814
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 5   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1Richard Booth 94 Woodhouse Lane 20 Mar 1790
2Mary Booth 82 Wife Richard Booth 2 Aug 1786
3Richard Booth 68 Son Richard Booth Mary Booth 8 Nov 1816
4John Booth 50 Birtle 2 Nov 1851
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 6   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1William Booth 61 Thornhurst 24 Dec 1848
2Betty Booth 59 Wife William Booth 1 Jan 1848
3Robert Booth Son William Booth Betty Booth 23 Jul 1811
4Robert Booth 1 Son William Booth Betty Booth 15 Dec 1814
5Mary Ann Booth 12y 11m Daughter William Booth Betty Booth 22 Mar 1836
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 7   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Date buried
1John Burch 2 Son James Burch Esther Burch 2 May 1780
2Jane Burch 2 Daughter James Burch Esther Burch 15 Jun 1784
3Ann Burch 9 Daughter James Burch Esther Burch 5 May 1789
4Esther Burch 41 Wife James Burch 12 Apr 1801
5Sarah Barns 83 Wife James 18 Jan 1814
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 8   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Date buried
1Isaac Chadwick 47 23 Mar 1797
2Jenny Chadwick 80 Wife Isaac Chadwick 1 Feb 1828
3James Chadwick 15 Son Isaac Chadwick Jenny Chadwick 21 Apr 1794
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 9   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1John Chadwick 69 2 Oct 1808
2Sally Chadwick 50 Wife John Chadwick 18 Jan 1793
3John Chadwick 19 Son Edmund Chadwick Betty Chadwick Greave 1 May 1817
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 10   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1John Chadwick 84 Ashworth Hall 14 Dec 1810
2Mary Chadwick 73 Wife John Chadwick 21 Mar 1796
3John Chadwick 58 Son John Chadwick Mary Chadwick 20 Nov 1841
4James Chadwick 69 Son John Chadwick Mary Chadwick 23 Dec 1827
5Betty Chadwick 78 Wife James Chadwick 12 Jul 1837
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 11   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Date buried
1Joseph Diggle 77 6 Jan 1823
2Mary Diggle 71 Wife Joseph Diggle 19 Dec 1808
3Mary Diggle 23 Daughter Joseph Diggle Mary Diggle 11 Dec 1794
4Richard Diggle 21 Son Joseph Diggle Mary Diggle 6 Mar 1799
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 12   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Abode Date buried
1Joseph Diggle 31 Hine Clough 12 Jan 1789
2Joseph Diggle 44 6 Mar 1795
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 13   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1James Farrow 72 ? Aug 1802
2Ann Farrow 35 Wife James Farrow 6 May 1802
3Ann Farrow 1 Daughter James Farrow Ann Farrow 25 May 1798
4Ann Farrow 8m Daughter James Farrow Hannah Farrow 13 Jun 1816
5Hannah Farrow Wife James Farrow 4 Aug 1853
6James Farrow 62 Heywood 23 Mar 1861
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 14   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1Abraham Fielding 79 Sidholme 22 Sep 1848
2Mary Fielding 88 Wife Abraham Fielding 25 Aug 1859
3Ann Fielding 3 weeks Daughter Abraham Fielding Mary Fielding 7 May 1795
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 15   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Date buried
1Edmund Fitton 76 12 Oct 1841
2Ann Fitton 72 Wife Edmund Fitton 13 Oct 1841
3Ann Fitton 8m Daughter Edmund Fitton Ann Fitton 10 Apr 1793
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 16   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1James Gaskill 48 Shawfield Stone 4 Oct 1836
2Mary Gaskill 47 Wife James Gaskill 10 Feb 1837
3William Gaskill 17 days Son James Gaskill Mary Gaskill 21 Sep 1810
4Mary Gaskill 13 Daughter James Gaskill Mary Gaskill 16 Dec 1820
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 17   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Abode Date buried
1John Gaskill 55 Birdfields 18 Nov 1810
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 18   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Spouse Abode Date buried
1John Gaskill 39 6 Jan 1821
2James Gaskill 2 Son John Gaskill Bagslate 24 Oct 1807
3Martha Leach 64 Bagslate 11 Jun 1836
4Ann Gaskill 34 Wife John Gaskill 27 May 1837
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 19   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1James Haslam 45 Leeholme 27 Oct 1784
2Mary Haslam 36 Wife James Haslam 22 Jun 1783
3Ann Haslam 5m Daughter James Haslam Mary Haslam 10 Oct 1777
4Alice Haslam 5m 1day Daughter James Haslam Mary Haslam 11 Oct 1777
5James Haslam 15 weeks Son James Haslam Mary Haslam 14 Sep 1781
6George Haslam 27 Woodhouse 16 Aug 1822
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 20   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1Lawrence Haslam 91 Leeholmes 1 Nov 1791
2Jane Haslam 77 Wife Lawrence Haslam 23 Jan 1786
3Thomas Haslam 52 Son Lawrence Haslam Jane Haslam 17 Oct 1792
4Alice Haslam 65 Daughter Lawrence Haslam Jane Haslam 31 May 1815
5Thomas Dyson 71 Hooly bridge 27 Apr 1833
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 21   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Spouse Abode Date buried
1Edmund Hill 64 Marcroft Gate in Wolstenholme 17 Apr 1791
2Mary Hill 75 Wife Edmund Hill 19 Dec 1792
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 22   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Spouse Abode Date buried
1Abraham Howorth 71 Pufield Bottom in Spotland 27 May 1797
2Betty Howorth 47 Wife Abraham Howorth 5 Jan 1808
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 23   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Spouse Abode Date buried
1John Howorth 61 Paperhouse Mar 1790?
2Mary Howorth 62? Wife John Howorth Feb 1803
Burial notes:
1.   Damaged stone
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 24   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Spouse Date buried
1John Kay 58 13 Aug 1813
2Sarah Kay 43 Wife John Kay 1 Apr 1801
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 25   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Abode Date buried
1John Kay 7 Son John Kay Sarah Kay Smithy House 9 Apr 1786
2Margaret Kay 1 Daughter John Kay Sarah Kay 14 Nov 1792
3Samuel Kay 1 Son John Kay Sarah Kay 26 Jul 1793
4James Kay 17 Son John Kay Sarah Kay 7 Jun 1812
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 26   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Spouse Abode Date buried
1Samuel Kay 57 Ashworth 5 Jun 1784
2Mally Kay 80 Wife Samuel Kay 3 Nov 1810
3Ann Schofield 73 Wife James Schofield 16 Jan 1828
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 27   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Spouse Abode Date buried
1Thomas Livsey 80 Knowll 26 Dec 1791
2Anne Livsey 84 Wife Thomas Livsey 30 Aug 1793
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 28   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Abode Date buried
1Thomas Livsey 26 Knowll 13 Dec 1779
2John Livsey 1 Son Thomas Livsey 3 Jun 1780
3John Livsey 5 Son Thomas Livsey 6 Oct 1784
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 29   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Spouse Abode Date buried
1John Lomax 52 Green Booth 3 Dec 1819
2Mary Lomax Daughter John Lomax 10 Apr 1803
3Jeffrey Lomax 88 14 Apr 1823
4Mary Lomax 63 Wife Jeffrey Lomax 9 Aug 1806
Burial notes:
1.   Born 22 Nov 1807
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 30   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Spouse Date buried
1Alice Lomax Infant Daughter Lawrence Lomax 20 Mar 1780
2Mally Lomax 31 Wife Lawrence Lomax 11 Dec 1786
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 31   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Spouse Abode Date buried
1Lawrence Lord 44 Laneside in Wolstenholme 12 Aug 1795
2Lawrence Lord 68 Codshaw 21 Mar 1792
3Mary Lord 81 Wife Lawrence Lord 15 Jul 1802
4George Pickup 55 years Codshaw, Wolstenholme 10 Dec 1810
5Mary Pickup 71 years Wife George Pickup 8 Jul 1832
Burial notes:
1.   In church
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 32   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1Lawrence Pickup 28 Son George Pickup Haslingden 26 Jun 1825
2James Pickup 50 Son George Pickup 21 Sep 1832
3Mary Lord 53 Wife James Lord Windle 20 Mar 1892
4James Lord 26 Son James Lord Mary Lord 19 Jun 1792
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 33   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Date buried
1Charles Lord 30 Son James Lord Mary Lord 4 Jul 1794
2Thomas Lord 26 Son James Lord Mary Lord 24 Sep 1794
3Joseph Lord 26 Son James Lord Mary Lord 5 Apr 1805
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 34   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Spouse Abode Date buried
1Edmund Mayden 82 Cockshouse in Ashworth 23 Jun 1807
2Sarah Mayden 57 Wife Edmund Mayden 17 Apr 1790
3Mathew Mayden 28 Son Edmund Mayden 6 Feb 1822
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 35   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1Martha Mills 39 Wife John Mills Clapgate 2 Jan 1811
2Robert Mills 22 weeks Son John Mills Martha Mills 18 Dec? 1811
3Susan Mills 2 Daughter John Mills Martha Mills Dec 1797
4Mary Mills 4 Daughter John Mills Martha Mills Feb 1801
5Ann Mills 2 weeks Daughter John Mills Martha Mills 2 Nov 1804
6John Mills 25 weeks Son John Mills Martha Mills 10 Mar 1807
7George Mills 26 weeks Son John Mills Martha Mills 20 Dec 1810
8Mary Shepherd 12y 9m Daughter John Shepherd Betty Shepherd 5 Feb 1824
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 36   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1James Nuttall 40 Shepherd Heaugh 23 Dec 1810
2Mary Grindrod 47 Wife John Grindrod 4 Nov 1795
3Abraham Grindrod 9m Son John Grindrod Mary Grindrod 18 Feb 1791
4John Grindrod 15 Son John Grindrod Mary Grindrod 19 Jul 1791
5Alice Nuttall 25 months Daughter James Nuttall 2 Jan 1811
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 37   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1John Nuttall 70 18 Oct 1792
2Elizabeth Nuttall 51 Wife John Nuttall 11 May 1795
3Richard Nuttall 2 Son John Nuttall Elizabeth Nuttall 1 Aug 1781
4James Ashworth 38 Bagslate 26 Oct 1855
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 38   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1John Schofield 87 4 Dec 1817
2Elizabeth Schofield 66 Wife John Schofield 14 Feb 1800
3Sarah Schofield 52 Daughter John Schofield Elizabeth Schofield 12 May 1823
4Ann Howarth 94 Widow Richard Howarth late of Ashworth 22 Apr 1885
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 39   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Spouse Abode Date buried
1James Schofield 62 Knowll 12 Jan 1790
2Betty Schofield 45 Wife James Schofield 27 Apr 1778
3John Howorth 72 25 Jul 1851
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 40   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Spouse Abode Date buried
1Robert Shepherd 84 Ashworth 30 May 1793
2Alice Farrow 72 Wife Charles Farrow 26 Mar 1811
3Charles Farrow 85 Ashworth 14 Feb 1818
4Alice Hoyle 37 Wife James Farrow Thomas Hoyle Healey 7 Jun 1831
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 41   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1John Shepherd 76 13 Dec 1825
2Alice Shepherd 37 Wife John Shepherd 12 Dec 1791
3Robert Shepherd 1 Son John Shepherd Alice Shepherd 3 Dec 1791
4Mary Tweedale 24 Wife Samuel Tweedale 11 Jun 1811
5Esther Shepherd 54 2nd Wife John Shepherd 27 Jan 1814
6James Tweedale 78 Son Samuel Tweedale Mary Tweedale Roach Mills 18 Sep 1885
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 42   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1John Shepherd 62 Woodgate 16 Jul 1826
2Jane Shepherd 88 Wife John Shepherd 28 Dec 1849
3Robert Shepherd 11m 22 days Son John Shepherd Jane Shepherd 8 Jan 1780
4Betty Shepherd 18 Daughter John Shepherd Jane Shepherd 3 Jul 1801
5Sally Shepherd 14 Daughter John Shepherd Jane Shepherd 31 Dec 1804
6Joseph Shepherd 3 Son John Shepherd Jane Shepherd 27 Nov 1807
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 43   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1Robert Shepherd 69 Bridle Hall near Bury 12 Dec 1830
2Esther Shepherd 41 Wife Robert Shepherd 20 Nov 1809
3Mary Shepherd 24 Daughter Robert Shepherd Esther Shepherd 3 Oct 1824
4Edward Shepherd 67 Son Robert Shepherd Esther Shepherd Broad Lane 14 Jan 1877
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 44   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1Thomas Shepherd 80 Hind Clough 15 May 1840
2Mary Shepherd 59 Wife Thomas Shepherd 9 Jun 1818
3Betty Shepherd 2 Daughter Thomas Shepherd Mary Shepherd 1786
4Betty Shepherd 6 Daughter Thomas Shepherd Mary Shepherd Marcroft Gate 22 Aug 1792
5John Shepherd 3 Son Thomas Shepherd Mary Shepherd 3 Apr 1803
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 45   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Spouse Abode Date buried
1James Taylor 69 Wolstenholme 8 Jun 1811
2Betty Taylor 73 Wife James Taylor 29 Sep 1814
3Mary Taylor 27 Daughter James Taylor Laneside 17 Jan 1795
4Samuel Taylor 12 1 Dec 1795
5Edmund Taylor 19 29 Dec 1795
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 46   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Spouse Abode Date buried
1Mary Taylor 49 Wife Robert Taylor Top of Royds 20 Sep 1805
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 47   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Date buried
1James Taylor 93 27 Jan 1849
2Mary Taylor 26 Wife James Taylor 13 Nov 1790
3Betty Taylor 2 Daughter James Taylor Mary Taylor 15 Dec 1787
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 48   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1Abraham Whitworth 70 Windle 30 Aug 1824
2Mary Whitworth 71 Wife Abraham Whitworth 1 Jul 1843
3Alice Whitworth 49 Wife Abraham Whitworth 21 Oct 1802
4Betty Whitworth 10 Daughter Abraham Whitworth Alice Whitworth 21 Aug 1788
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 49   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1Eleanor Whitworth 39 Wife James Whitworth Wham in Shuttleworth 23 Jul 1796
2Robert Whitworth 20 Son James Whitworth Eleanor Whitworth 3 May 1798
3Alice Whitworth 2 Daughter James Whitworth Eleanor Whitworth 25 Oct 1804
4James Whitworth 67 22 Feb 1818
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
Grave: 50   St James, Ashworth, Lancs.
Interments:
Name Age Relationship Father Mother Spouse Abode Date buried
1Frances Wolfenden 49 Wife Jonathan Wolfenden Closebarn 21 Feb 1828
2Ann Wolfenden 12y 7m Daughter Jonathan Wolfenden Mary Wolfenden 28 Jan 1838
3Mary Ann Wolfenden 8 weeks Daughter Jonathan Wolfenden Mary Wolfenden 12 Jan 1840
4Robert Wolfenden 18 Son Jonathan Wolfenden Mary Wolfenden 12 May 1846
5Jonathan Wolfenden 72 3 Sep 1852
6Edward Wolfenden 12 Son Jonathan Wolfenden 30 Jan 1854
Source: Howard Lambert Transcript
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