• 1847–1870:
Post vacant • 1870–1895 (ret.):
William Hornby (1810–1899) • 1896–1905 (res.):
Arthur Clarke • 1905–1909 (d.):
William Bonsey • 1909–1936 (d.):
Phipps Hornby (1853–1936; son of William) :
The archdeaconry was transferred from the diocese of Manchester to the newly created diocese of Blackburn by Order-in-Council on 12 November 1926. • 1936–1950 (d.):
Henry Fosbrooke • 1950–1954 (res.):
Benjamin Pollard,
Bishop suffragan of Lancaster • 1955–1959 (res.):
Gordon Fallows • 1959–1966 (ret.):
Charles Lambert (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 1966–1980 (ret.):
Geoffrey Gower-Jones (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 1981–1997 (ret.):
Ken Gibbons (afterwards archdeacon emeritus) • 1997–1999 (res.):
Robert Ladds (afterward
Bishop suffragan of Whitby) • 1999–2005 (res.):
Colin Williams (afterwards archdeacon emeritus; born 1952) • 2005–2010 (res.):
Peter Ballard (born 1955) • March 201122 September 2019 (res.):
Michael Everitt • 13 April 2017present: Simon Cox, Temporary Assistant Archdeacon • 4 February 2020present:
David Picken ==References==