friends, to the memory of the Rev. G. Y. Osborne, “for 19 years vicar of this parish, who died 11 November, 1871, aged 53 years,”[83] and the last is to the memory of Charles Stewart, esq., died 1873, aged 64 years, late of High Leigh, Cheshire, and Fleetwood. The living, endowed with the great tithes of Thornton and augmented by the pew rents, was originally a perpetual curacy, but during the ministry of the late Rev. G. Y. Osborne, a distinct district or parish for all ecclesiastical purposes was assigned to the church, and the title of vicar accorded to the incumbent. PERPETUAL CURATES AND VICARS OF FLEETWOOD. IN THE DEANERY OF AMOUNDERNESS AND ARCHDEACONRY OF LANCASTER. ------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------ Date of | NAME. | On whose | Cause of vacancy. Institution.| | Presentation. | ------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------ 1841 |St. Vincent Beechey,|Sir P. H. Fleetwood| | M.A. | | | | | 1849 |G. Yarnold Osborne, |Ditto |Resignation of St. | M.A. | | Vincent Beechey | | | 1868 |Saml. Hastings, M.A.|Exrs. of the late |Resignation of | |Sir P. H. Fleetwood| G. Y. Osborne | | | 1871 |James Pearson, M.A. |Ditto |Resignation of | | | S. Hastings ------------+--------------------+-------------------+------------------ The burial ground connected with the church is part of the general cemetery, situated near the shore in the direction of the Landmark at Rossall Point, and about one mile distant from the town. The small building opposite the Church, now used for infants only, was for several years, until the erection of the Testimonial Schools, the ordinary Sunday school under the superintendence of the incumbent of St. Peter’s. The Market Place, opened on the 7th of November, 1840, is a spacious, paved area, surrounded by a high wall of sandstone. The two entrances are closed by means of large wooden gates, and lead respectively into Adelaide and Victoria Streets. The central portion of the in-walled space is occupied by a square, wooden structure, covered over with a slated roof, in the interior of which are stalls for the goods of the different farmers and traders. Friday is the market day, and the following list comprises the various commodities exposed for sale on Friday, the 10th of July, 1846, the earliest recorded, with their prices:—