Memorial to John Hunt, Wilmslow, 1767.
Location
In the bell tower of St Bartholomew's Church, Wilmslow, Cheshire.
Description
A stone memorial plaque engraved in memory of John Hunt who was killed by a bell.
Inscription
John Son of Robe
and Penelope
Hunt was killed
by the first Bell
on Sunday August
the 30 1767
Comment
There is no information on how the accident happened. Possibly the boy had climbed into the belfry and was crushed or fell when the bell was rung.
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