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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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