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Rev. Robert Latham was a young man when he became Vicar of Deane in 1777. Throughout his vicariate of 41 years he seldom presided at churchwardens' meetings. He did, however, devote himself most assiduously to his pastoral duties and won the esteem of all his parishioners. He lived a simple life: he allowed the farmer of the glebe- whose family were hand-loom weavers- to share the vicarage. He was held in repute as a preacher and scholar, and was appointed a King's preacher by the Bishop of Chester. He refused to preach a sermon for the benefit of the Sunday School, maintaining that it was the duty of parents to teach the catechism to their children and to bring them to church on Sundays, when the clergy would test their knowledge.
Clergy
Rev.William Rothwell
Rev.Richard Grimshaw
Rev.David Dee
Rev.Lancelot Clegge
Rev.Richard Hardie
Rev.Alexander Horrocks
Rev.John Tilsley
Rev.John Angier
Rev.Richard Hatton
Rev.James Rothwell
Rev.Thomas Withnell
Rev.Robert Latham
Rev.Thomas Brocklebank
Rev.Edward Girdlestone
Rev.Francis Henry Coldwell
Rev.William Bashall
Rev.Henry Sheridan Patterson
Rev.John Russel Line
Rev.Robert Catterall Worsley
Rev.Kenneth Mackay Bishop
Rev.Roger Jackson
Rev.Ian Mainey
Rev.Dr.Terry Clark
Assistant Clergy