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Thursday 4 October 2018

He Hear the Bells

‘Far, Far Away, Like Bells at Evening Pealing, the Voice of Jesus sounds Oer Land and Sea”
Joseph Prescott died April 16, 1891 aged 45 years. As if to emphasise the point a bell hangs out over the inscription – Hindley Cemetery

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  1. Dr David Clarke29 May 2020 at 15:17

    Joseph Prescott was my GGFather and lived in Taylor's Lane, Ince. He was a famous Bell Ringer in his time and performed in Churches in the local area as Campanologists' Magazines record. There is a plaque in the belfry of St Peter's in Hindley noting that he acted as conductor of a peel in 1885. An adjacent plaque records the death of his son, Edmund, in 1901 and of a commemorative peel made by his fellow ringers. Edmund was killed in a mining accident and is buried next to his father.

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