OBSERVATIONS ON BAKEWELL. jgo 



Mem. Sept. 3", 1824, a meeting of the Parishioners to say 

 whether the steeple must stand and be repaired or betaken down • 

 when It was voted to stand. ' 



Bakewell Church in 1802. 



ft. in. 

 Height-Body ^^ . ^ 



" Tower... ^^ . „ 



Spire loy . y 



Total Height ... ... ... ^g^ . ^ 



Repaired in 1818. Spire taken down in 1825. Tower taken 

 down in 1830. 



A GREAT BARGAIN. 



A bargain great as e'er was known 



May now be made in Bakewell town, 



So, if to purchase you're inclined, 



Come forward and let's know your mind ; 



And rid it of a piece of lumber, 



Once ornamented, now a cumber. 



Apply to any of us Bakewell people ; 



We have for sale a tine church steeple, 



Once lofty, with a mighty spire. 



Steeples few that did stand higher. 



Be not afraid of being left i' th' lurch, 



We've no objections bargaining for the church ; 



Buy th' church and steeple, rump and stump, ' 



You shall have the Vicar given in with th' lamp. 



Aug. 25, 1825 



CAUTION. 



People of Bakewell ! give not credit 

 To such a tale of vile demerit 

 As the bartering of your church 

 From those who'll leave you in the lurch. 

 'Tis not the steeple they regret ; 

 They've other reasons why they set 

 So little value on the structure 



