d 2s. per day, to "gether" stones for the
parish.

Again, Maria Day's shoes were to be mended; Mary Atkin to have a pair of
blankets, and her chamber window put in and thatched. Benj. Benton one
pair of shoes, Willm. Adkin a waistcoat. Mary King's family four shirts,
two pairs of shoes, three frocks, three petticoats, and three dabs
(_i.e._ pinafores). A pair of breeches for George Skipworth; Willm.
Skipworth to have a spade.

Again, Mr. Thos. Kemp was "to be allowed 20 pounds for the use of the
poor-house, to be insured for 200 pounds by the parish, and, when given
up to be left in the same state."

At a meeting on 7th August, 1820, Robert Dixon in the chair, it was
ordered that all paupers receiving assistance should regularly attend
Divine Service, and on their non-attendance the assistance should be
stopped. Mary Todd was to receive her money (which had been stopped)
having given satisfaction to the vestry for not attending the church.
Mary Hobbins' boy to be put to school. "To get the Lord's Prayer, and
the 'I believe,' put in the church at the parish expense."

At a meeting held 27th August, 1830, Thomas Kemp in the chair, it was
agreed that 75 pounds be borrowed of Mr. Thos. Kemp, to pay Mrs. Farmer's
expenses to America, to be repaid by the parish, 30s. weekly, with legal
interest. Church rates are now among the "has beens," but in 1843 a rate
was passed of "1d. in the pound for the support of the church, and 10d.
in the pound for the highway repairs."

In the churchyard, along the south side of the church, are a group of
gravestones of the Kemp family. Eastward are several of the Marshall
family, formerly numerous here, and in the neighbourhood, holding a
respectable position, but now extinct. {175} There are also a number of
tombs of the Todd family, respectable small farmers, resident in the
parish, from the first notice of a burial, June 24th, 1738, down to
recent years. The Tebbuts and Dixons were also resident, as tenants or
small owners, for many years.

Among the marriage registers, which date from 1695, is the following
note: "March 23, 1779, a marriage was attempted to be solemnized; but the
intended bridegroom, to the great surprise of the congregation assembled,
remaining away, the ceremony, &c. . . ." The rest is illegible.

We have now to speak of the church. The present edifice stands on the
site of a former 14th century church, which, judging by the remains that
have been found