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Lanchester Church.

The Knowles Family:

The Nicholson Family:

The Walker Family:

The Jewett Family:

Born in the villages in the parish of Lanchester:

Lanchester

Ann WALKER,   1764

Bartholomew WALKER,   1766

Dinah WALKER,   1770

Simpson WALKER,  1772

Thomas WALKER,   1762


Albert JEWETT,   Abt 1906

Edith May JEWETT,   1896

Hilda Mary JEWETT,   1907

Norman Wilfred JEWETT,   1894

William Ernest JEWETT,   1899


Mary J BIRD,  1890

Sarah Jane BIRD,  1884

Elija BARLEY,   1879

James BARLEY,   1881

Joseph BARLEY,   1876

Mary BUDDLE, 11 Nov 1807

Mary CLOUGH,   Abt 1853

Edith DEWS,   1919

George DUKES,   1879

Mary FOSTER,   1815

Henry FORSTER,  Abt 1801

Bartholomew GLADDERS,   1793

Margaret GLADDERS,   1785

Simpson Walker GLADDERS,   1790

Elizabeth HEADS,  1779

Thomas HEADS,  Abt 1768

Winnifred JACQUES,   1906

Ethel May JOPLING,   1907

George Robert JOPLING,   1876

Annie KNOX,   1888

Thomas Alexander KNOX,   1882

William KNOX,   1884

William KNOX,   1891

Margaret LEARMOUTH,   1847

William LIGHTFOOT,   1849

Mary Jane MARCH,   Abt 1865

Thomas Kell MARCH,   Abt 1870

James MARKHAM,   Abt 1843

Hannah Isabella MATTHEWS,   Abt 1828

John Thomas MILBURN,   1865

Thomas MORLAND,   1852

Margaret Ellen O'NEILL,   1880

Hannah PACE,   1867

Elizabeth A ROBSON,   Abt 1879

William SNOWDON,   1851

Ann TOWARD,   abt 1774

Charles WALTON,   1900

John Thomas WALTON,   1898

John William WALTON,   Abt 1874


Deborah KNOWLES,  1897

Hannah KNOWLES,   1892

Henry KNOWLES ,  1893

James KNOWLES,   1903

Jane KNOWLES,   1895

John KNOWLES,   1907

Mary KNOWLES,   1899

Robert KNOWLES,   1901


Beatrice NICHOLSON,   Abt 1895

Lottie NICHOLSON,   1881

Mary NICHOLSON,   1900

Minnie NICHOLSON,   1881

Rachel Reid NICHOLSON,   1905

Ralph NICHOLSON,   1897

Spencer NICHOLSON,   1892


The Lynn Family:


Several generations of this family resided in Lanchester.  Some details of their lives can be found through their wills.  

Alice LYNN,   1735

Ann LYNN,    1727

Barnabas LYNN,    1705

Francis LYNN,    1702

George LYNN,    1742

Ralph LYNN,    1738

Robert LYNN,    1748


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Through most of history, the economy of Lancester has been based on agriculture. All Saints Church was originally dedicated to St Mary the Virgin.    

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