CRAIG THORNBER

FAMILY HISTORY AND LOCAL HISTORY IN EAST LANCASHIRE
& WEST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND

		BONNIE COLNE Who's he, that with triumphant voice, So loudly sings in praise Of his dear native hills and vales, - His home, his early days? More loud by far than he I'll sing, In praise shout higher still, Of native home most dear to me, Old Colne upon the hill. Frank Slater, May 1873

SURNAMES:

Thornber, Barritt, Bolton, Brigg(s), Crabtree, Cragg, Eastham, Inskip, Lakeland, Lancaster, Priestley, Seed, Stanworth.

PLACE NAMES:

Whalley, Clitheroe, Pendleton, Ribchester, Colne, Barnoldswick, Salterforth, Foulridge, Bolton by Bowland, Grindleton, Gisburn Forest, Holden Chapel, Mount Sion Chapel at Sandy Syke Tosside, Tosside Chapel, aka Houghton Chapel in Gisburn Forest, Rodhill Inghamite Chapel at Grindleton, Mitton All Hallows, Pendle, East Lancashire, West Yorkshire.

CONTENTS LIST

1.    Thornber Family Research

This section contains all the Thornber family trees assembled so far, in 18 sections.

Thornber Family Trees

A large archive of Thornber data is presented including information from parish registers, general registration, wills and trade directories.

Thornber Data Archive

2.    Other Family Trees 

Family trees of Crabtree, Cragg, Eastham, Inskip, Lancaster and Stanworth families are shown on separate pages.

Crabtree Family in Burnley, Lancashire
Cragg Family of Barnoldswick and Salterforth, Lancashire & Yorkshire
Eastham Family in Mitton & Clitheroe, Lancashire
Eastham Family in Dilworth and Dutton, Ribchester, Lancashire.
Inskip Family of Bolton by Bowland, formerly Yorkshire, now Lancashire
Lancaster Family in Gisburn and Colne, Lancashire 
Stanworth family around Briercliffe and Extwistle near Burnley
Other Family Names of Interest

3.    Chapels and Churches Around Clitheroe

Details of my transcriptions of the registers of Holden Chapel, near Bolton by Bowland, Mount Sion Independent Chapel at Tosside in Gisburn Forest, Rodhill Inghamites, Houghton Chapel at Tosside in Gisburn Forest and Mitton Parish Church.   In addition I summarise details on some other churches around Clitheroe

Transcription of Church and Chapel Registers
Churches and Chapels near Clitheroe and their Registers

4.    Some Information Sources on Bowland, Craven and Pendle

Topographical Notes
Select Bibliography
Some notes on the history of the area around Pendle       

5.    Help for New Starters in Family History

How to Start Researching Your Family back to 1837 
Tips for Proving Ancestry for research going prior to 1837

6.    Useful Web Links

7.    My Publications

(Site updated 20 November, 2007 )

Copyright Note:  Readers are welcome to use any information gleaned from this site as part of their own research. However, those sections of the family trees and collections of data shown here that are a result of my own research, may not be published by any means, electronic or otherwise or submitted to databases without my permission. Permission will be granted provided that my work is acknowledged in the publication or database and provided that my comments on all the uncertainties in the assignment of family relationships are included. The incorporation of my research data into family trees or gedcom files for submission to Internet genealogy sites, in order to obtain search credits or other membership benefits, is not allowed, and will be readily detected from my regular scanning of Genealogy sites.