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Bible. In time, the house of the Hursts in Shakerley became a noted hotbed of religious meetings and preachers regularly preached there. When Queen Mary ascended the throne in 1553, Hurst still persisted in his practices quite openly; he refused to attend mass and for safety fled into Yorkshire.
John Wesley preached in Shakerley four times, between 1748 and 1752, laying the foundations for a place of worship. In the 1780s George Whitfield who worked with Wesley early in his ministry also preached there.
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Arthur Parr of Tyldesley died in 1749 and judged by the standards of his day he was well-to-do. Out of his many bequests he left individual legacies of £5 each to five local ministers. These were the preachers of his choice—Sedgwick of Chowbent Chapel, Valentine at Wharton Chapel, Mawdesley at Astley Chapel, vicar Farrington of Leigh, and ...
Tyldesley's first place of worship, Top Chapel was built in the Square in 1789 on a site of 1,300 square yards, for the Countess of Huntingdon's sect which had broken away from the Church of England. John Wesley had preached in Shakerley laying the foundations for a place of worship in the area.
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Tyldesley meaning "Tilwald's clearing" is derived from the Old English personal name Tilwald and leah a "wood, clearing", suggesting what is now open land was once covered with forest. The name was recorded as Tildesleiha in 1210. Alternative spellings include Tildeslei, Tildeslege, Tildeslegh and Tildesley. Tyldesley is at the edge of the Lancashi...
Earliest history
The remains of a Roman road serving camps at Coccium (Wigan) and Mamucium (Manchester) passed through the area. It ran from Keeper Delph in Boothstown crossing Mort Lane north west of Cleworth Hall and south of Shakerley Old Hall.The road continued towards the Valley at Atherton where coins have been found, and on towards Gibfield and Wigan. In 1947, two urns containing about 550 Roman bronze coins, minted between AD 259 and AD 278, were found near the old Tyldesley–Worsley border. The coins...
Manor houses
The manor house was Astley Hall which, in 1212, was home to Hugh Tyldesley, Lord of the Manors of Astley and Tyldesley. It is just inside the Tyldesley boundary but has been associated with Astley since the death of Henry Tyldesley in 1301, when the manor was divided among three sons. The Tyldesleys had a "reputation for lawlessness and who had frequent disputes with their neighbours". One exception was Hugh Tyldesley, Hugh the Pious, who endowed Cockersand Abbey with land in Shakerley before...
Banks Estate
In the early 18th century Tyldesley was a collection of cottages and farms around the halls scattered across the township with no church or inn. Thomas Johnson, a Bolton merchant bought the Banks Estate in 1728, land from the Stanleys of Garrett Hall in 1742 and Davenports in the west of the township in 1752. He died in 1764 leaving his estate to his grandson with the same name. Thomas "Squire" Johnson developed the town of Tildsley Banks. His name lives on in Squires Lane and Johnson Street....
For many years Tyldesley's landscape was dominated by factory chimneys and pit headgear. Since the closure of the mines and demolition of the factories, St George's Church—one of the few structures in the town built of stone, with a spire rising to 150 feet in height—and Top Chapel in the Market Square have become the chief landmarks; both are Grad...
John Wesley preached in Shakerley four times, between 1748 and 1752, laying the foundations for a place of worship. In the 1780s George Whitfield who worked with Wesley early in his ministry also preached there. Tyldesley's first place of worship, Top Chapel, was built in the Square in 1789 for the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion which had broke...
Jun 25, 2023 · John Wesley preached in Shakerley four times, between 1748 and 1752, laying the foundations for the township’s first place of worship. Top Chapel was built in the Square in 1789 for the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion. Thomas Johnson, gifted the site and Lady Huntingdon, a supporter of Wesley, supplied money for building materials.
Oct 23, 2024 · Thomas Tyldesley, believed to be son of John and grandson of Thurstan, died in 1495 seised of the reputed manor of Tyldesley, and was father of Thurstan, who held the manor of Sir Thomas Butler, knt., in 1506, receiver-general of the Isle of Man in 1532, and M.P. for county Lancaster 1547–52.
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