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house. Nor was there erected (and this is a singular exception in 

 that district,) during his incumbency a single Dissenting ijlace of 

 worship of any kind in his chapelry."' An event occurred to Mr. 

 Parkinson, somewhat similar to the one recorded of Eobert Walker, 

 " which I," says Canon Parkinson, " will not soon forget. At the first 

 visitation dinner which he attended, the whole party rose from the 

 table when my venerable relative took his early departure, as a mark 

 of resj)ect for his high character." 



The Rev. R. Parkinson was preceptor to Canon Parkinson, and, 

 according to a local authority, he was " a very respectable old gentle- 

 man, who preached to the people on Sundays, and reconciled their 

 differences during week days." 



A marble tablet in the chancel of the Church fittingly records the 

 virtues of Canon Parkinson's uncle : — 



In Memory of 



The Late Rev. ROBERT PARKINSON, 



Who, for tlie period of 48 years, 



Discharged the Ministerial duties of this Chapel. 



He departed this life Nov. 21st, 1823, aged 72. 



His conduct both as a spiritual pastor 



And friendly counsellor 



Was such as to render him highly beloved 



By a large circle of friends during life, 



And gi-eatly lamented in death. 



This testimony of grateful affection 



Is erected in dutiful remembrance 



By his only surviving daughter. 



REV. GEORGE PARKIN 1829-31. 



The Rev. Eobert Parkinson was succeeded as Vicar of Longridge, 

 by the Rev. George Parkin, but this latter gentleman only held the 

 incumbency for the short space of two years, dying suddenly on the 

 27th March, 1831. Ha was taken iU one Sunday, having just read 

 prayers, and preparing to preach, when he was seized with a fit, and 

 lingered tiU evening, when he died, and lies buried within the chui'ch 

 on the northern side of the pulpit, near the spot where he was 

 taken ill. 



^Truly, as Canon Parkinson infers, the next forty years we see what took 



this was a remarkable fact ; but during place in this respect. 



