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Topography and natural history of Lofthouse and its neighbourhood
Topography and natural history of Lofthouse and its neighbourhood Author:George Roberts Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: whereon is quaintly cut the following :—" Here lyeth the body of Katharen Gamble, daughter of George Gamble and Cecil Gamble, of Loftas, who died the 2oth day of... more » March, 1660." This is the oldest in the church. Whilst reading this inscription the visitor will notice the piscina in the corner to the left. The More gravestone, which was in the chancel within the altar rails when Whitaker visited Rothwell, now lies just within the chancel door. Banks, in error, described it as West's. The gravestone placed over Ellinor, daughter of Sir Henry Gascoigne, and wife of Arthur Ingram, who was buried here in 1663, also copied by Whitaker, now lies, I believe, beneath the chancel floor. Rothwell Church is one of the handsomest village churches in the County of York. Everything is kept in good repair, clean, neat, and orderly. The chancel was renovated and beautified in 1874; and the floor was raised and inlaid with ornamental tiles. Light is admitted to every part of the church through exquisitely-coloured windows. The walls are studded round with costly and beautiful monuments, tablets, escutcheons, and brasses, put up in memory of authors, divines, benefactors, merchants, and gentlemen who have resided in the parish. Indifferent must he be who can gaze around the ancient edifice, or pace the silent aisles, without being impressed with feelings of the most profound reverence. ROTHWELL PARISH REGISTERS. The registers commence in 1538, and are in good preservation. The first volume is paper, and has been repaired round the margins of the leaves. The first year, from October, 1538, to October, 1539, contains 51 entries of births, marriages, and deaths intermixed. The other volumes are parchment, except that which contains the years between 1635 and 1655. They are strongly bound, and...« less