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Tracking grave 1/28. Some hits are recorded in 3 separate registers.
Buried April 8 1801, Ann daughter of Thomas & Ann Ayres, spinster aged 22 who died April 5 of Fever at Bank Top, Man'r. Grave purchased by Thomas Ayres. (The No. 1/28 has been added in column 1 in a different hand)
1. Buried Jan'y 5 1812, Jane late wife of Samuel Hayres (sic), aged 50 years, who died Jan 1 of Decline at 103 (sic) Bank Top Man'r
2. Buried Jan 5, Jane late wife of Samuel Ayres, aged 50 years, who died Jan'y 1 of decline at No 133 Bank Top, Man'r. In Thomas Ayres grave
3. Buried Jan 5, Jane late wife of Samuel Ayres, aged 50, died Jan 1 1812, Grave 1/28, Disorder - Decline, 133 Bank Top, Man'r.
Buried 1815 Aug 15, Thomas Ayres, weaver, widower, aged 87 years who died Aug 12 of natural Decay at No 82 Loom Street near New Cross, Man'r. In 1/28
Buried 1823 Jan'y 26, Samuel Ayres, weaver, widower of 58 years, who died Jan'y 21 of Decline at No 7 Upton Street, Back Top, Man'r In 1/28
I can see Number 1 appearing 13 July 1801 (it's 1/1 encircled).The numbers increment and, I think, revert to 1 on the 1st January of each new year. I did wonder if the number above the line was a way of identifying the year for the number below the line. The only thing I can say with certainty is that if the No. appears within a circle it indicates "Grave purchased by ..."