The History of Oswestry: Comprising the British, Saxon, Norman, and English eras; the topography of the borough; and its ecclesiastical and civic history; with notices of botany, geology, statistics, angling, and biography: to which are added sketches of the environsCathrall, William
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The History of Oswestry: Comprising the British, Saxon, Norman, and English eras; the topography of the borough; and its ecclesiastical and civic history; with notices of botany, geology, statistics, angling, and biography: to which are added sketches of the environs
Cathrall, William
Natural history -- England -- Shropshire; Oswestry (England) -- History
“Underneath lie the remains of MARGARET JENNINGS, eldest daughter of
Thomas and Margaret Jennings, of Penylan. She died May 12th, 1826,
aged 59. Also the remains of MARY, youngest daughter of Thomas and
Margaret Jennings, who died 31st of March, 1834, aged 61. Also the
remains of EDWARD, the youngest son of Thomas and Margaret Jennings,
who died November 27th, 1835, aged 61. Also the remains of THOMAS,
eldest son of Thomas and Margaret Jennings, who died July 26th, 1844,
aged 74. Underneath are deposited the remains of THOMAS JENNINGS, of
Penylan. He died l7th of December, 1805, aged 79. Also the remains
of MARGARET JENNINGS, relict of Thomas Jennings, of Penylan. She
died the 31st of March, 1811, aged 79. JANE, the wife of John Wolfe,
of Penylan, departed this life July 19th, 1695. SINAH, the second
wife of John Wolfe, of Penylan, departed this life October 25th,
1736, aged 77. MARY JENNINGS, of Penylan, (widow), departed this
life November 11th, 1756, aged 51. JOHN WOLFE, of Penylan, departed
this life July 3rd, 1739, aged 80.”
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“EDWARD GOUGH, departed this life March 14th, 1803.”
“Also to the memory of CATHERINE WILLIAMS, who departed this life
April 28th, 1840, aged 97.”
“Also to the memory of MARIA, relict of the above-named Edward Gough,
who departed this life February 25th, 1853, aged 82.”
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“Sacred to the memory of THOMAS POTTER MACQUEEN, late of Ridgemount,
Bedfordshire, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Beds. Yeomanry Cavalry, and
M.P. for that County, born May 28th, 1792, died March 31st, 1854.”
In the New Church-Yard.
“In memory of CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH URWICK, eldest daughter of Thomas
and Frances Penson, and wife of William Urwick, of Ludlow. She died
of consumption, at Torquay, on the 26th of November, 1846, aged 30
years. In this dispensation of the Divine will, her parents have to
sorrow for a most dear and dutiful daughter, and her husband to
bemoan the loss of an affectionate wife. Her remains, with those of
her only child, THOMAS PENSON URWICK, who died on the 27th of May,
1847, aged 13 months, are deposited beneath.”
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Near this place are deposited the remains of HANNAH PENSON, who died an
infant, on the 28th of September, 1823. And underneath lie the remains
of SARAH MARIA PENSON, who died on the 25th of April, 1829, aged 8 years.
Also the remains of HENRY PENSON, who died on the 1st of May, 1832, aged
12 years; children of Thomas and Frances Penson.
‘Happy children, early blest,
Rest, in peaceful slumbers rest.’”
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