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All Saints, Bolton, Cumbria, NY63932341 -- Painted board:-
"William Bowness by his Will bearing Date Feb 9th 1709 Charged a Close in Colbyfield Call'd Butlershorn with an Annual rent of Ten shillings to be Distributed upon his Tomb Stone to the poor of Bolton by the Churchwardens &Overseeres with the Approbation of the heir or Cheif of his family on the Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle yearly for ever." (photo 30.5.2006)

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