410 A TOPOGRAPHICAL, &c. 



the duty was performed twice every Lord's-day. Its present re- 

 puted annual value is about ^140. 



These instances of Longevity were extracted from the Parish 

 Register : Lydia Barber, died Oct. 27, 1769, aged 107 years; 

 Rosamond Cook, died Sept. 23, 1774, aged 124 years ; Elizabeth 

 Mills, died Feb. 14, 1776, aged 100 years ; Sampson Smith, died 

 Aug. 11, 1780, aged 99 years; and Sarah Rollins, died Nov. 10, 

 1780, aged 100 years. 



An English Charity School adjoins the Church-yard, which, ac- 

 cording to an inscription on a stone in the wall, was built and en- 

 dowed in 1760. Mr. Bourne is said to have been the founder of 

 this charity. 



At Lane End are meeting-houses for different denominations of 

 Dissenters. 



Lower Lane and Lane Delph present nothing remarkable, and 

 indeed they may be properly incorporated with Lane End, of which 

 place they form a kind of suburbs. 



On the left of Lane End, is Longton Hall, the seat of Sir John. 

 Edensor Heathcote ; and near it, Park Hall, the residence of Tho- 

 mas Parker, Esq. a descendant of Lord Chief Justice Parker, 



