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List of Past Ministers

1719

Henry Pendlebury

1662

1695

 

Edward Rothwell

1712

1731

   
 

Bury Bank Street

 

Thomas Braddock

1719

1770

 

John Hughes

1770

1803

 

William Allard

1803

1831

 

Franklin Howarth

1832

1853

 

John Wright

1853

1873

 

John C. Odgers

1872

1873

 

Douglas Walmsley

1873

1894

 

John C. Odgers

1894

1904

 

E.D. Priestley Evans

1904

1921

 

C.W. Townsend

1922

1926

 

John W.Maw

1927

1950

 

Fred M. Ryde

1951

1965

1969

James McClelland

1965

1972

 

Anne McClelland

1969

1970

   
 

Heywood

  John Wright 1856 1857
  William Gaskell 1857 1860
  W. H. Channing 1860 1864
  John Fox 1864 1878
  William Bennett 1879 1882
  J. E. Stead 1883 1891
  T. B. Evans 1892 1913
  Joseph Worthington 1914 1916
  F. Minsford 1917 1927
  J. W. Lee 1928 1933
  G. S. Whitby 1934 1938
  F. Sokel 1939 1945
  W. H. Payne 1946 1951
  F. H. Hamblin 1951 1968
1968  
 

Chesham

 

Henry Wheaton

1885

1886

 

Alfred Lancaster

1886

1889

 

James M. Bass

1898

1914

 

Richard Lee

1914

1918

 

Walter Murray

1919

1921

 

Ben Davies

1922

1925

 

W.T. Bushrod

1925

1936

 

A.E. Mobbs

1938

1946

 

Scott L. Johnston

1947

1952

 

Eric Phillips

1953

1954

 

John Mather

1955

1958

 

John Gill

1961

1966

 

Donald Mills

1966

1969

 

James McClelland

1966

1972

   
 

(In 1973 Bury Unitarian Church was formed by linking Bury with Chesham, Ainsworth and Heywood)

1973

 
 

Bury Unitarian Church

John D. Allerton

1973

2007

Jeffrey Lane Gould 2007 2010
  Beryl Allerton

Kate Mc.Kenna
2011

2016
2016

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Bury Unitarian Church
1 Bank Street
Bury
Lancashire
BL9 0DN
 

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