The Ackers monument is a Gothic mini-steeple, black with pollution. It marks the resting place of Abraham Ackers, of Bickershaw Hall and his wife Catherine Ellen. Abraham Ackers was one of the partners of Ackers Whitley Coal Company. The Census for 1851, describes him as a coal proprietor of 4 mines employing 179 men and a landowner farming 120 acres and employing 5 farm labourers. He died in 1864 aged 68. Other members of the family also have monuments in the churchyard. Inside the church building is Ackers Memorial Window. The window depicts Jesus as the Good Shepherd, and Dorcas with the poor coming for clothing. Underneath is the entwined monogram AA and CE standing for Abraham Ackers and Catherine Ellen his wife. The crest of the Bickershaw Ackers, a lion holding an oak leaf is in the other light. It was donated by their surviving children in 1885 and was moved from the original church.
The Ackers monument is a Gothic mini-steeple, black with pollution. It marks the resting place of Abraham Ackers, of Bickershaw Hall and his wife Catherine Ellen. Abraham Ackers was one of the partners of Ackers Whitley Coal Company. The Census for 1851, describes him as a coal proprietor of 4 mines employing 179 men and a landowner farming 120 acres and employing 5 farm labourers. He died in 1864 aged 68. Other members of the family also have monuments in the churchyard. Inside the church building is Ackers Memorial Window. The window depicts Jesus as the Good Shepherd, and Dorcas with the poor coming for clothing. Underneath is the entwined monogram AA and CE standing for Abraham Ackers and Catherine Ellen his wife. The crest of the Bickershaw Ackers, a lion holding an oak leaf is in the other light. It was donated by their surviving children in 1885 and was moved from the original church.
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