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History of the 



In a volume entitled, " The Antiquities of the town of Halifax, 

 in Yorkshire," by the Rev. Thos. Wright, of Halifax, and published 

 in 1738, the following note occurs,— 



" On a stone and brass plate in the Chancel (of the Old Church, 

 Halifax) : ' Here lieth the body of Jeremiah, son of Jeremiah 

 Rossendale, of Shaw Hill, in Skircoat, who departed this life the 

 1 8th day of January, in the second year of his age, T694; and 

 also the body of Mr. Jeremiah Rossendale, his father, who de- 

 parted this life May 1.7th, and was interred May 27th, 1696." 



From all this it would appear that the name " Rossendale," as a 

 surname, was not uncommon in Yorkshire about 150 to 200 years 

 ago. 



