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.pesson."
 * break, a life-size statue of^the Rev. Wm. Mom-

On the base would be recorded the names of the 259 persons who, according to entries in the parish register,. died of the plague.

Eakring, Nottinghamshire. The Rev. Wm. Mompesson was eventually presented to the rectory of Eakring by his friend Sir -George Saville. Here he remained until his death. In the chancel is inscribed on a brass shield the following :

" Beliquia Gulielmi Mompesson Ecc. B. Virg -de Southwell canonici et hujus ecclesiae per Ann 38 Bectoris dignissimi. Obiifc 7 die Martii 1708 setatis 70. In. spem beatse Besurrectionis."

MINING ENGINEERS. Barnsley. On Feb. 5, 1914, a memorial was placed on the crest of Ardsley Hill in recognition of the heroism displayed by three men in the devastating colliery ex- plosion, Dec. 12 and 13, 1866, when 361 lives were lost. Their names are T. W. Embleton of Methley, Parkin Jeff cock of Derby, and J. E. Mammatt of Leeds. The monument was erected through pro- vision made by the late Mr. S. J. Cooper of Mount Vernon, a-nd was unveiled by Mr. C. J. Tyas, Chairman of the Oaks Colliery Explosion Committee.

The monument consists of a double pedes- tal surmounted by a tall obelisk, in front of which is a representation in bronze of a classic figure of Glory bearing away a wounded soldier with sword in hand. Under the figures appear the words :

Gloria Victis.

On the front of the pedestal below is inserted -. copper plate containing the following inscription :

Oaks Explosion, 1866. This monument was erected

Anno Domini 1913-

by Samuel Joshua Cooper

as a tribute to the memory of

Parkin Jeffcock and

other heroes of the rescue

parties who lost their lives

owing to further explosions

on December 13th, 1866.

Also to commemorate

the signal bravery of

John Edward Mammatt and

Thomas William Embleton

in descending the pit and

rescuing the sole survivor on December 14th, 1866.

LlFEBOATMEN.

Margate. On the Marine Drive, opposite the Nayland Rock, a monument was unveiled on Oct. 4, 1899, to commemorate nine out of .a crew of thirteen lifeboatmen who lost their

lives by the swamping of the surf boat on a stormy winter's night in 1897. It was designed by F. Calcott, and consists of a squarely cut granite base, on which stands the erect figure of a man clad in cork jacket and oilskins. His right hand shades his eyes, and his gaze is intently fixed upon the sea. Below is the following inscription :

To the Memory of

William Philpott Cook, Senr., Coxswain,

Henry Bichard Brockman, Bobert Ernest Cook,

William Philpott Cook, Junr., Edward Bobert

Goundon, John Benjamin Dike, William Bichard

Gill, George Bobert William Ladd, Crew,

and

Charles E. Troughton,

Super*, of the Margate Ambulance Corps,

who lost their lives through the capsizing of

the Margate Surf Boat, Friend to all Nations,

on Thursday, 2nd December, 1897.

The bodies of these unfortunate men found sepulture in the Cemetery, and the square plot of ground above their grave is enclosed with granite kerbing. - At intervals along the kerb on granite blocks are inscribed the names of the men and suitable lines of poetry, &c. In the centre rises a massive memorial sculptured to resemble a huge rock, on the summit of which are represented an anchor, a mass of cordage, and a life-belt inscribed " Margate Surf Boat." At the base on the right sits a weeping female figure, with bowed head, and holding in her right hand a wreath. On the left is the following inscription : In Memory

of

Nine Heroic Men who lost their lives by the

capsizing of the

Margate Surf Boat

Friend to all Nations

in attempting

to assist a vessel in distress at sea 2nd Dec. 1897.

JOHN T. PAGE. Long Itchington, Warwickshire.

(To be continued.)

COPTHORNE, NAME OF PLACE AND HUN- DRED : DERIVATION. The Copthorne whicl exists to-day is a village on the borders oi Surrey and Sussex. But the Copthorne oi Effingham hundred of Surrey, including the little place of Effingham, is some miles awaj in the middle of the county, bordered by the Croydon hundred on the east, and the Reigate and Dorking hundreds on the soutl This hundred in name goes back to the Domesday survey. Then there was Cop- thorne hundred (Copedorne, Coped edorne,