114 HISTORY OF KIRKBY-MOORSIDE. 



The publication on these separate days, at the in- 

 terval of a week each, always proceeded the cere- 

 mony of marriage. w 



The same method of entering baptisms and 

 burials was continued from 1653 to 1784 ; when the 

 the much superior method recommended by Arch- 

 bishop Markham, was introduced ; but it was su- 

 perseded by an act of parliament, 52 Geo. III. ; 

 which was put in force on the 1st Jan. 1813. 



In regard to the longevity of the inhabitants of 

 this parish, there is no criterion by which we can 

 form any judgment. One solitary instance only 

 of a person's age being mentioned, occurs in the 

 year 1719; when Elizabeth Harrison was buried at 

 the advanced age of above 100 years. Since the 25th 

 of March, 1783, the age of each person has been 

 specified : numerous have been the burials of people 

 between the ages of 75 and 79 years ; forty aged 80 

 years each ; eleven 81 years ; twenty 82 years ; six- 

 teen 83 years; twenty-five 84 years; fourteen 85 

 years ; nineteen 86 years ; nine 87 years ; thirteen 

 88 years; four 89 years; six 90 years; two 91 

 years ; four 92 years ; one 93 years ; one 96 

 years ; two 97 and one 99 years ! 



In the year 1814, Jan. 14th, was baptized Jane, 

 daughter of James and Esther Swales ; and on the 

 28th of Dec., in the same year, was baptized Jere- 

 miah, the son of the same James and Esther Swales ; 

 being the first and last of one hundred and one bap- 

 tisms, which were solemnized in this parish in the 

 course of that year ! In the course of the year 1821, 

 the number of baptisms of males and females was 



