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Title: Is this All Saints oldest marked grave?
Post by: Brindley on February 14, 2011, 10:02:36 AM

At All Saints there is a grave of Henry Lowe who departed this life, March (31st?) 1657.
Is this All Saints oldest marked grave?

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Title: Re: Is this All Saints oldest marked grave?
Post by: My login is Henrietta on October 22, 2011, 09:11:45 PM

Quote from: N Brindley on February 14, 2011, 10:02:36 AM

At All Saints there is a grave of Henry Lowe who departed this life, March (31st?) 1657.
Is this All Saints oldest marked grave?

I've only just noticed this, sorry
The earliest recorded service of any sort took place at All Saints (not the current church, obviously) in 1588. As far as I can find out the earliest burials there were in 1655