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lowing gentlemen have held that post : — The Eevs. J. Osborne, 0. H. 

 Gough, and H. T. Greaves, M.A., the latter of whom is curate now. 

 The new Church scheme has had his hearty support from the first. 

 We may add that a usefid blue book has been published by Mr. 

 Cave every j'ear since he came to Longridge. 



It may not be generally known that the present Vicar of Longridge 

 comes of an ancient and c lebrate' family, the founder of which "came 

 in" with William the Conqueror. A very witty epitaph "on one 

 Cave" deserves rejiroduction : — 



In the churchyard of Barrow-upou-Soar, in Leicestershire, there's a punning 

 epitaph on one Cave : — 



' Here, in this grave, there lies a Cave ; 



We call a cave a grave ; 

 If cave be grave, and grave be cave. 



Then, reader, judge, I crave. 

 Whether doth Cave lie here in grave, 



Or grave lie hei-e in Cave ; 

 If grave in Cave here buried lie. 



Then grave where is thy victory ? 

 Go, reader, and report, here lies a Care, 



Who conquers death, and buries his own grave. 



Chambers' " Book of Days." 

 Other Eeligious Bodies, 

 the eoiluj catholics. 

 Next to the Church of England, the Catholics are the strongest body 

 in Longridge, but it was not until 1869 that a Church of this Denomi- 

 nation was built in the village of Longridge. Prior to this they used 

 to worship at Alston Lane Chapel, about which I shall have some- 

 thing to say later on. 



The Rev. Henry Brown, then of Ribchester, was the initiator of the 

 movement for erecting a Catholic Chapel at Longridge. He was fol- 

 lowed by the Rev. S. Clarkson, by the Eev. T. Davis, who saw the 

 work completed, and was followed in 1871 by the present Priest, the 

 Eev. Charles Boardman, D.D. 



Mr. Hewitson describes the chapel (now used as a school) as graceful 

 and solid. In the vestry, which is behind the sanctuary, there is the 

 only curiosity about the place. It is a small brass cross, evidently 

 made to let into a rod or staff for processional j)urposes, and is said 



