This etext was transcribed by Les Bowler [Picture: Public domain book cover] The Old Church Clock * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BY RICHARD PARKINSON, B.D., Canon of Manchester. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LONDON: J. G. F. AND J. RIVINGTON. MANCHESTER: SIMMS AND DINHAM. 1843. ILLUSTRATIONS. The Collegiate Church and Victoria Bridge Frontispiece Broughton Church Following xviii Ulverstone Church Following 64 View of Scaw Fell Following 68 CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION v MEMOIR OF ROBERT WALKER xix The Old Church Clock CHAPTER I 1 CHAPTER II 6 CHAPTER III 9 CHAPTER IV 12 CHAPTER V 17 CHAPTER VI 22 CHAPTER VII 29 CHAPTER VIII 37 CHAPTER IX 43 CHAPTER X 51 CHAPTER XI 60 CHAPTER XII 68 CHAPTER XIII 77 CHAPTER XIV 87 CHAPTER XV 95 [Picture: The Collegiate Church and Victoria Bridge] INTRODUCTION. A BRIEF history of the following homely little tale may perhaps be not less interesting, and more edifying, than the tale itself. It was written originally for the pages of _The Christian Magazine_, (a cheap monthly publication, intended for circulation especially in the manufacturing districts,) which is under the management of a young clerical friend, who deserves the highest praise for the energy with which he commenced, and the zeal and judgment with which he has hitherto conducted it.