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Unfolding affair over burial ground fees and parish defense
In Bridgwater 1856 a parish meeting debated defending a bill for consecration fees of the burial-ground. Churchwardens faced an action by Mr Parfitt. locals offered to share costs but not to pay the full bills. A town meeting resolved to bear defence expenses proportionally, while noting catalogued charges from bishop and diocesan officials.
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Poole
Carslake
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Ames
Bridgwater
Dickens
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Rakes Cogris
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Derbyite
Hayter
Pyrrhus
Currie
Liberal
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Lord Derby
Walter Savage Landor
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Grand Canal
Rialto
Villagrande
Campobello
St. Mark’s
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