Memorials to Rev William Midgley & Family

Halifax Parish Church

on the north wall of the Rokeby Chapel

Exuviæ Gulielmi Midgley A.M. Curat de Sowerby Iuxta Depositæ Maij 10o : 1706 Anno Ætatis 34 The mortal remains of William Midgley AM Curate of Sowerby Deposited nearby May 10th 1706 Age 34

Near this place Resteth the Body of Mary, Daughter of William Midgley, Master of Arts, late of Headley, now of Sowerby, who was born March the third 1696, and Departed this life November 7th 1704. Mortal by birth, short my stay, here sleeps my dust, My better part joins consort with the just