Luke Collins

Luke Collins (d. 1805) pastored the Baptist meeting at Bethel Chapel, Shipley, 1769-1770. He then became an Independent, ministering at Horton-in-Craven, Yorkshire (1771-1793); Lowther Street in Kendal (1794-1802); and Ulverston, Lancashire (1802-1805). See Bethel Church, Shipley, 1758-1958 (Shipley: n.p., 1958); James Miall, Congregationalism in Yorkshire: A Chapter in Modern Church History (London: J. Snow, 1868), 284; Benjamin Nightingale, Lancashire Nonconformity; Or, Sketches, Historical and Descriptive, of the Congregational and Old Presbyterian Churches in the County. Churches of Manchester, Oldham, Ashton, etc., 6 vols (Manchester: John Heywood, 1890-1893), 1:260, 287.