“June 7.—Cartage of Rush and allowance, 9s. 0d.: Kirkham Singers, 10s. 6d. “1793. “Pᵈ for ale for Ringers on 29 May, 6s. 0d. ” ” do ” do on the 4 of June, 6s. 0d. ” ” do ” do on the 25 Octobʳ, 6s. 0d. ” ” do ” do on the 5 Novembʳ, 7s. 6d. ” ” do ” do on the 25 Decembʳ, 6s. 0d. ” ” do ” do on Easter Tuesday, 7s. 6d.[79] Dec. 8.—To Cash Recᵈ for digging a grave in the Church for Mrs. Buck, 3s. 4d. Nov. 5.—Spent on Singers, 12s. 0d.: ditto on Ribbons for Girls, 2s. 0d. “1798. “Oct. 4.—To Ringers on Nelson’s Victory, 2s. 6d.[80] “1805. “June 9.—To Expˢ to Church Town when John Sauter Clerk convicted himself in getting drunk, and Timothy Swarbrick for making him drunk (when they were each fined 5s.), 1s. 6d. Oct. 2.—To Rush, 14s. 3d. “1806. Nov. 9.—To Ringers at Lord Nelson’s victory of Trafalgar on the 21st, 7s. 0d. N.B.: No money to be given to the Ringers on account of any Victory in future on the Parish account; the Victory of Trafalgar was so Extraordinary that 7s. was allowed to the Ringers on that occasion. “1811. “Resolved that in compliance with the request of the inhabitants of Marton one pound shall be allowed for an annual Dinner on Easter Day in future. “1817. “Nov. 20.—To Expenses to Churchtown when Wᵐ Hodkinson, Wᵐ Whiteside, and Wᵐ Butcher was convicted for getting drunk—Wᵐ Hodkinson finde, and the other two acquitted upon the promise of future good behaviour, 3s. 0d.” The following extracts from the parish registers show the numbers of marriages, baptisms, and burials, which took place during the last and first years of the specified centuries:— 1600-1601. 1700-1701. 1800-1801. Marriages 16 15 22 21 13 13 Baptisms 40 74 73 79 63 57 Burials 52 41 56 57 67 48 Anterior to 1674 the old vicarage was a thatched building of two stories, the upper one being open to the roof and supported on crooks, but about that date the vicar, the Rev. Rich. Harrison, made an addition, abutting the west end, and put the original portion in thorough repair. This house, which was surrounded by venerable trees, was taken down in 1835, and the present vicarage erected on the site. In 1830, a spacious building, capable of holding three hundred persons, was erected in Sheaf Street by voluntary subscription for the purposes of a Sunday School, previous to which a small cottage in the Green had been used as a meeting place for the scholars connected with the church.