At the village of Whittington, near Chesterfield, in the year 1744, a remarkable baptism took place. There were, present as godfathers and godmothers a great, great-great-great-unole, two great-gieat-great-uncles, a great-great-great-great-aunt, a great-great-grandmother, and a great-grand* mother. The names of all the parties were recorded on the parish register at the time. As an outcome of a lecture on the disposal of the dead recently delivered under the auspices of the Manchester and, Salford Sanitary Association, it has been resolved to form a Cremation Society for Manchester and district. About sixty persons favourable to the movement, including ciergymon ; medical men, and a large number of indies; have Joined the society. '
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 869, 26 October 1888, Page 24
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