We have the following image of Bolton, Noble Street Independent Methodist Church in our archives.
Noble Street Independent Methodist Church was established 1868. A day school operated at the Sunday School from 1874, but was transferred to the Bolton School Board in 1882. The majority of the historical records are still kept at the church.
Archive Items
Magazine Entries
Member Obituaries
In the archives, we hold the following items from this church:
- Printed Histories: (Jubilee History, 1918, J Vickers; Centenary Handbook 1968)
- Miscellaneous Items: (Anniversary Programme 1901; Centenary Souvenir Booklet 1968; Centenary Sermons Programme 1968; Sermons Programmes 1923, 1959, 1983; Typescript extracts from minutes (39pp.) 1871 – 1894; Interview with John Dawson (newspaper cutting) 1997)
| Year | Page in Magazine |
| 1868 | 379 (opening of branch SS) |
| 1869 | 10, 38, 270 |
| 1871 | 9, 46, 83, 175, 229, 263, 362 |
| 1871? | 171, 296 |
| 1872 | 40, 136 (foundation laying), 265 |
| 1873 | 11 (opening of chapel & schools), 164, 259 |
| 1874 | 38, 64, 163, 270ff, 272, 303, 327 |
| 1875 | 7, 44, 136, 200, 255, 337 |
| 1876 | 11, 44, 177 |
| 1877 | 48, 169 |
| 1878 | 42, 101, 167, 2087 (revival) |
| 1879 | 8, 45, 74, 110, 174, 180, 351 |
| 1880 | 51, 129, 170, 209, 460 |
| 1881 | 17 (extension), 60, 141, 173, 373 |
| 1882 | 51, 210, 413, 453 |
| 1883 | 50, 178, 266, 419, 459 |
| 1884 | 58, 215, 424 |
| 1885 | 18, 131, 220, 420 |
| 1886 | 57, 387, 412, 456 |
| 1887 | 50, 173 |
| 1888 | 48, 162 |
| 1889 | 48, 126, 149, 345 |
| 1890 | 11, 47, 16, 347, 378, 408 |
| 1891 | 49, 78, 154, 311, 392 |
| 1892 | 17, 52, 124, 158, 388 |
| 1893 | 50, 117, 152, 192, 274, 354, 382 |
| 1894 | 47, 90, 123, 157, 402 |
| 1895 | 51, 81, 116, 159, 307 |
| 1896 | 198, 398 |
| 1897 | 47, 150, 429 |
| 1898 | 14, 45, 195, 381 |
| 1899 | 46, 83, 154, 341 |
| 1900 | 41, 128, 306 |
| 1901 | 42, 155 |
| 1902 | 98, 160 |
| 1905 | 54, 95, 247 |
| 1906 | 35, 56, 75, 95, 230 |
| 1907 | 55, 114, 227 |
| 1908 | 34, 116, 223 |
| 1909 | 33, 57, 96, 223 |
| 1910 | 36, 76, 95, 230 |
| 1911 | 15, 33, 205 |
| 1912 | 98, 223 |
| 1913 | 98, 228 |
| 1914 | 17, 56, 98, 230 |
| 1915 | 81, 175, 186 (WA Inaugural Meeting), 197 |
| 1916 | 39, 91, 201, 218 |
| 1917 | 62, 77, 143, 174, 189 |
| 1918 | 62, 70 (Jubilee + picture) |
| 1919 | 59, 71, 135, 147 |
| 1920 | 15, 44, 78, 94, 158, 173, 189 |
| 1923 | 152, 198 |
| 1924 | 73, 94, 176 |
| 1925 | 109, 189, 216 |
| 1926 | 32, 52, 108, 49 |
| 1927 | 101, 196 |
| 1928 | 101, 162 |
| 1929 | 95, 117, 231 |
| 1930 | 111, 209 |
| 1931 | 16, 50 |
| 1932 | 109 |
| 1933 | 18 (Temp. Soc.), 19, 106 |
| 1934 | 141 (A. Foreman had oversight), 202 |
| 1935 | 90, 111, 206, 224 |
| 1936 | 58, 96, 110, 172 |
| 1937 | 30 |
| 1938 | 15 (Band of Hope rescuscitated), 30, 66, 87, 107 |
| 1939 | 14, 176 |
| 1962 | 108 |
| 1963 | 162 (intro), 30 (centenary) |
| 1972b | 165 |
| 1976 | 92 |
| 1978 | 42583 |
| 1979 | 8-2, 8-4 |
| 1980 | 41220 |
| 1981 | 7-12 (His. Soc) |
| 1982 | 40976 |
| 1983 | 40946 |
| 1984 | 41487 |
| 1985 | 6-6, 8-15 |
| 1986 | 41821 |
| 1988 | 7-9, 8-13, 10-13 |
| 1989 | 6-17, 7-2 |
| 1990 | 41852 |
| 1991 | 41160 |
| 1993 | 40946 |
| 1994 | 3-9, 7-10 |
| 1996 | 40975 |
| 2000 | 41426 |
| 2002 | 41122 |
| 2003 | 41222 |
| 2006 | 41191 |
| 2010 | 8-4 (H. Porter 50 years as a minister) |
| Name | Year | Page in Magazine | ||
| George | Boardman | 1871 | 359, | |
| Jane | Howarth | 1875 | 41 | |
| Ellen | Durham | 1876 | 40 | |
| Ann | Parkinson | 1876 | 40 | |
| Louisa | Albion | Baillie | 1877 | 73 |
| Thomas | Haslam | 1877 | 73 | |
| Samuel | Hollingworth | 1883 | 94,FR208f | |
| Alice | Woodhall | 1883 | 95 | |
| Francis | Brooks | 1884 | 49 | |
| Emma | Sutcliffe | 1884 | 450,FR209 | |
| Ann | Lomax | 1886 | 132,FR209 | |
| Joseph | Vickers | 1887 | FR210 | |
| Albert | Healey | 1888 | 267 | |
| Robert | Holland | 1890 | 405 | |
| Catherine | Boardman | 1891 | 76 | |
| Samuel | Hifton | 1894 | 321 | |
| Mrs. | R | Vickers | 1895 | 156 |
| Samuel | Orrell | 1897 | 384 | |
| Robert | Entwistle | 1898 | 269,V280,D122 | |
| Sister | Anderton | 1899 | 120 | |
| Alfred | Roscoe | 1902 | 198,V285, D124 | |
| Alice | Entwistle | 1908 | 222 | |
| John | Foster | 1911 | 111 | |
| Mrs. | Holland | 1912 | 95 | |
| Mary | Birchall | 1915 | 236 | |
| Harold | Richardson | 1916 | 200 | |
| Thomas | Blackburn | 1917 | 62 | |
| John | Boardman | 1917 | 111 | |
| Handel | Holland | 1917 | 28 | |
| Mrs. | Shippobottom | 1917 | 13 | |
| Arthur | Wellington | Holland | 1918 | 24 |
| Mrs. | John | Best | 1919 | 97 |
| Elizabeth | Holroyd | 1920 | 172 | |
| Elizabeth | A | Cliff | 1924 | 192 |
| Ann | Foster | 1924 | 192 | |
| James | Vickers | 1924 | 8,V261, D192f. | |
| Margaret | Vickers | 1926 | 130 | |
| Mrs. | Alfred | Roscoe | 1928 | 162 |
| John | Pye | 1931 | 28,119 | |
| Hannah | Holland | 1932 | 51 | |
| John | Best | 1936 | 55 | |
| Jonathan | Ellis | Edge | 1936 | 74 |
| Robert | Pomphrett | 1941 | 99 | |
| Robert | H | Whalley | 1941 | 99 |
| Emma | Makin | 1945 | 30 | |
| Margaret | Best | 1962 | 93 | |
| Annie | Timms | 1964 | 167 | |
| Ruth | Knowles | 1969 | 16 | |
| Agnes | Bickerstaffe | 1970 | 30 | |
| Ethel | Boardman | 1971 | 79 | |
| Harold | Porter | 1971 | 145 | |
| Ethel | Sharrocks | 1971 | 145 | |
| Ada | Hill | 1972 | 32Feb | |
| Annie | Hollingworth | 1972 | 166Oct | |
| James | Whitehead | 1972 | 16-Jan | |
| Clifford | Bickerstaffe | 1973 | 262 | |
| Alfred | Gee | 1973 | 262 | |
| Emily | Alice | Housh | 1975 | 214 |
| Arthur | Wellington | Holland | 1977 | Jy/Aug |
| Jane | Tickle | 1980 | Jul | |
| Louie | Holme | 1981 | Jan | |
| George | Dugelby | 1986 | Dec | |
| Alice | Dugelby | 1989 | Nov | |
| Nellie | Howarth | 1989 | Oct | |
| Annie | Hardman | 1990 | Feb | |
| Alice | Joule | 1990 | Feb | |
| Florence | Haslam | 1992 | Sep | |
| James | Vickers | Hough | 1992 | Nov |
| Gladys | Porter | 1993 | Dec | |
| Gladys | Porter | 1993 | Dec | |
| Hannah | Barnes | 1995 | May | |
| Florence | Bickerstaffe | 1995 | May | |
| Anne | Ellen | Hughes | 1996 | Jul |
| Frances | Simpson | 1997 | Oct | |
| Margaret | Whitehead | 1997 | Jun | |
| Frank | Fogg | 2000 | May | |
| Edward | Stanley | Porter | 2000 | Jan |
| Harry | Sharples | 2000 | Aug | |
| Elsie | Sidebottom | 2000 | Aug | |
| Bessie | Anderton | 2003 | Mar | |
| Phyllis | Darlington | 2004 | Dec | |
| Annie | Porter | 2005 | Mar | |
| Ann | Kent | 2006 | Nov | |
| Pauline | Porter | 2007 | May |