The Parish Clerk (1907) by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
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receives well-deserved praise for his care of the fabric of Bakewell
Church, and his epitaph is given, which runs as follows: To The memory of SAMUEL ROE Clerk of the Parish Church of Bakewell, which office he filled thirty-five years with credit to himself and satisfaction to the inhabitants. His natural powers of voice, in clearness, strength, and sweetness were altogether unequalled. He died October 31st, 1792 Aged 70 years The correspondent of the _Gentleman's Magazine_ wrote thus of this faithful clerk: "Mr. Urban, "It was with much concern that I read the epitaph upon Mr. Roe in your last volume, page 1192. Upon a little tour which I made in Derbyshire in 1789, I met with that worthy and very intelligent man at Bakewell, and in the course of my antiquarian researches there, derived no inconsiderable assistance from his zeal and civility. If he did not possess the learning of his namesake, your old and valuable |
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