Richard Jackson (minister)
Richard Jackson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1783 |
| Died | December 1846 (aged 64) Calder Vale, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Quaker minister |
Richard Jackson (1783 – December 1846) was an English Quaker minister who, with his brother Jonathan, founded the English village of Calder Vale, Lancashire.[1]
With another brother, John, they had moved to Calder Vale from their family's home, Spout House in Nether Wyresdale.[2]
He married, firstly, Elizabeth Labrey, of Rooten Brook Farm in Quernmore. He married a second time, to Mary Wilcockson.[3]
In 1830, he donated to the Society of Friends a piece of land in Bowgreave, near Garstang, to be used as a burial ground. He had built a meeting house on the land in May 1828. Located on Calder House Lane, it became known as the Calder Bridge Meeting House.[4] It was licensed as a place of worship on 21 October 1829. The meeting house became a Grade II listed building in 1986.[5] The Calder Bridge Burial Book was begun in April 1830, and was maintained for over a century.[3]
In 1835, the brothers built today's Lappet Mill, on the banks of the River Calder in Calder Vale. They also built the terraced mill workers' houses near the mill.[6]
He was made a minister in July 1836.[3]
Jackson died in December 1846, age 64. He was the first interment in the burial ground of the Calder Bridge Meeting House.[7] The burial ground is marked only by "simple gravestones bearing minimal inscriptions". It ran along two sides of the meeting house and is believed to be still in use.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Calder Vale at ForestofBowland.com". Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
- ^ Fishwick, Henry (1878). The History of the Parish of Garstang in the County of Lancaster, Part 1. Chetham Society. p. 124.
- ^ a b c d The Development of the Society of Friends in the Garstang Area: a brief survey - Julia M. Beeden, Lancashire Archaeological and Historical Society
- ^ The British Friend, Volume 4. Edward Grubb. 1846. p. 323.
- ^ "Garstang Quaker Meeting House, Barnacre-with-Bonds - 1361911 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ^ "Calder Vale walk". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Garstang Quaker Meeting". Quakers. Retrieved 2023-02-05.