STOPPER LANE

STOPPER LANE

Composer: Francis Duckworth
Published in 1 hymnal


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Composer: Francis Duckworth

Born: De­cem­ber 25, 1862, Rim­ing­ton, York­shire, Eng­land. Died: Au­gust 16, 1941, at his home Swan­side in Colne, Eng­land. Buried: St. Ma­ry the Vir­gin Ang­li­can Church, Gis­burn, Lan­ca­shire. His grave­stone bears the mu­sic of Rim­ing­ton, and a plaque to his mem­o­ry was placed above the door­way to the for­mer Meth­od­ist Cha­pel in Stop­per Lane, Lan­ca­shire. When Duck­worth was five years old, his fam­i­ly moved to the vil­lage of Stop­per Lane, near Rim­ing­ton. He had to leave school at age 12 to help in the fam­i­ly bus­i­ness. At age 20, he moved to Burn­ley, Lan­ca­shire, to work for a to­bac­co­nist cou­sin. Six years lat­er, he re­turned to live at Colne, and in 18… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: STOPPER LANE
Composer: Francis Duckworth
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 13335 32111 23134
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Small Church Music #5586

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