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nearly equal, being 46 males and 47 females ; and 

 the number of burials exactly equal, being 24 inales 

 and 24 females ! 



The greatest mortality that has ever occured in 

 the annals of this parish, was in the year 1815 ; when 

 78 individuals paid the great debt of nature : many 

 aged people died in the months of February, March, 

 and April ; and though a very malignant species of 

 typhus fever raged in the town, it could only be 

 ascertained that 6 people died in consequence of 

 that disorder. 



In the year 1821, died suddenly, John Sonley and 

 William Wildon, within twodaysof each other, each 

 master tailors. They had been fellow apprentices 

 and journeymen ; each of them had a coroner's 

 inquest ; each of them was thrice married ; each of 

 them left a widow; each of them was a member of 

 the same Friendly Society ; and their ages were 

 nearly equal, the one being 69, and the other 71 

 years ! ! 



There is here a commodious chapel, belonging- 

 to dissenters of the Independent denomination ; 

 built by subscription, in the year 1793, by John 

 Parkinson, Mason, and John Choplin, Carpenter. 

 Near the east wall of the chapel, under the altar 

 pew> are deposited the remains of Miss Hannah 

 Harrison, who died Oct. 16th, 1812: also Mrs. 

 Marsden, aunt to Miss Harrison, who was interred 

 Nov. 1821. She was a steady friend to the cause 

 of .-Christ here, and was not unmindful of its wel- 

 fare to the last period of her life : she endowed 

 the chapel with a small sum vested in the hands of 

 trustees, and lodged in the new 4 per cents. 



