Now! Then! Tombstone epitaph for George Wilkinson, village crier of Ecclesfield (Sheffield), who died today aged 94

2 March 1797: Tombstone epitaph for George Wilkinson, village crier of Ecclesfield (Sheffield), who died today aged 94

F.S. Hague. N.d. Ecclesfield Churchyard Transcription. Online: St Mary’s Ecclesfield. See also Hague’s full survey and a lecture. . Reproduction by kind permission of St Mary’s Ecclesfield. Get it:

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Here lies George Wilkinson,
Born and cried,
Lived ninety-four years,
And then he died.

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Here lies George Wilkinson
Born and cri’d,
Liv’d ninety-four years,
And then he di’d.
2nd March 1797.

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