HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE. 



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" Aug 28*fc, 1792. 



" At a meeting of the Trustees for re-building the chapel of 

 Lane End, the following estimates were received, and Messrs. 

 Leigh and Turner's accepted. 



" The different estimates were given in for completing the whole, 

 and in three different valuations of the parts, (for instance) : 



" 1st. For building the chapel with a tower, the height of the 

 roof, for pewing the body and making a chancel. 



" 2dly, For building the tower 62 feet from the floor, and com- 

 pleting it. 



" 3dly. For making the galleries complete. 



Lane End Church is a Chapel of Ease to Stoke. By the re- 

 signation of the Rev. T. Cotterill, the church is now (1817) vacant. 

 The presentation is vested in trustees. 



The living is, at present, small : though during Mr. Cotterill's* 

 ministry, from 1805 to 1817, it has been much improved, and, it is 

 said, will be augmented considerably more. In the time of the 

 Rev. Mr. Wright (Mr. C.'s predecessor), it was valued at about 16. 

 a-year. The emoluments arise from upwards of 18 acres of glebe, 

 a good parsonage-house and garden, surplice-fees, and the profits 

 of one or more augmentations from Queen Anne's Bounty. An in- 

 creased allowance was also made by the trustees, on condition, that 



succeeded to a fair portion of his uncle's fortune, but possessed his virtues also. 

 He died March 8th, 1803, at the same age (73), was buried March 15th, at the 

 same place, and was likewise a benefactor to Lane End chapel, inasmuch as 

 he gave jtflOO. on the condition, that another hundred pounds was raised, 

 which was accordingly done by subscription ; and thus was procured one of 

 the augmentations from Queen Anne's bounty to Lane End chapel. 



* It is but justice to add, that during Mr. C.'s time, and we believe chiefly 

 owing to his exertions and esteemed ministry, an organ has been erected in th* 

 church j and a good ring of bells and a clock set up in the tower. 



