Brierley, the North and the German Theology (PDF)
The dating and matter of Brierley’s Burnley sermons
The dating and matter of Brierley’s Burnley sermons This element of the introduction originally started as a footnote. However, after five years, it outgrew its space. This is in no way intended to…
St Peter’s Church Burnley – and Ghostly Pigs — Lancashire Folk
If legend is to be believed, St Peter’s Church should have been built on the spot where the Godly Lane Cross now stands and where religious rites were habitually celebrated. However, night after night the stones set out to build the church were moved from that spot by ghostly pigs, so that the builders were […]
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The demise of Brierley – Burnley 1637 Part 1 — A CERTAIN MEASURE OF PERFECTION
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Matthew’s return to the North…
The demise of Brierley – Burnley 1637 Part 1
The demise of Brierley – Burnley 1637 Part 1 Please feel free to share. The link back to the homepage is The link to buy the book is Janet did her best to comfort him with grou…
Wills & inventories – a quick introduction
Much has tended to be made of the differences between the preambles on Catholic and Protestant wills. In reality this has been overplayed. Wills were important documents and nearly everyone had som…
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The Theologia, Brierley & the Grindletonians
During James I’s reign, an extraordinary text found its way into England. It had originally been written centuries earlier, probably by a monk in a monastery in the Frankfurt area. It was especiall…
Richard Brome, Burnley witchcraft & collock-calling
In many cases Northern dialect words cannot be evidenced before the nineteenth century. Not so, collock. It appears in Holyoke’s Latin Dictionary of 1640 and in Ray’s ‘Collection of North Country W…
