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P 4 - Lower Peover St Oswald parish - 16th century-21st century
- 3 - Parish Affairs
  - 2 - Churchwardens' Accounts and PCC Accounts - 1699-2011
    - 5 - Miscellaneous Accounts - 1812-1873

Repository	Cheshire Record Office
Level	Item
Reference	P 4/12/2
Title	Hearse book
Date	1835-1873
Description	Receipts, stating name of hirer and township. In reverse: expenses.
Extent	1 volume
Administrative History	The accounts, compared with burial registers, shows that the hearse was often borrowed for burials away from the church, the name of the hirer and their township being given.
Related Material	The hearse is also mentioned in the Chruchwardens' Account Book P 4/12/1, where ruels for its use and the provision of a new one is mentioned in 1764, 1835 and 1862.

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