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MISCELLANEA. 



On the lintel of the meeting house door is engraven " Matthew 

 Hopkinson, 1745." He is said to have been the owner of Ufton 

 Fields in Oakerthorpe. The place is very cheerless within. 

 There is an upper chamber for the female members. Meetings 

 are held once a quarter. 



MORTON. 



The churchyard contains numerous small memorials of free 



stone not much more than eighteen inches in height, with only the 



initials of the deceased, and the year of departure. Some of the 



following have been identified by the editor from the registers: — 



I . G 

 1695 



John Godborn, 

 an infant. 



I . \V 



1673 



James \\'right. 



M . P. 

 1690 



Mary Plimmer 



I . P. 

 1674 



John Plimer. 



E . P 

 1693 



Not registered. 



I . P. 



I 702 



Not registered. 



R . G 



1716 



Richard Godber. 



W . H 

 1680 



William Hawley. 



I . M. 



Jane Marse. 



I . \\" 

 1694 



Tohn Wild. 



I * T. 



1697 



James l.averack. 

 (A more ornate 

 memorial.) 



A . M 

 16S6 



Ann Mather. 



