I have copied details from a family Bible spotted in a charity shop.
The original date was 1761and the first owner might have been someone with the surname Woods. With the Bible was a religious book presented to a Thomas Gibson in 1874 at Didsbury and Barlow Moor Weslyan Chapel.
Inside the Bible the following names and birth dates appear.
Mary Hesketh born July 21 1845
Mary Harriet Gibson born Jan 11th 1885
Elizabeth Bower born Nov 26 1820
George Bower April 10 1822
Ann Bower Sept 29 1824
John Bower May 1st 1827
Mary Anne Bower March 18 1830
Hanna Bower Aug 10 1832
James Bower July 29 1834
Joseph Stafford (Bower ? ) Dec 3 1836
Sarah Ann Oct 1836
Mathilda Bower Jan 1841
Alfred Berry 24 July 1879
Jane Bowden died Aug 8 1879
Susanna Berry interred Jan 4 1839
Mary Hesketh born June 24 1801
died Sept 1821
Thomas Hesketh born Nov 1803
died Dec 23 1803
Betty Hesketh born Oct 13 1805
Thomas Hesketh born 6 Nov 1808
Jacob Hulme born July 24 1819
Joseph Hulme born March 22 1821
I hope this is of use to someone ! I will attempt to send a copy to Rena King for her collection
Regards
Gill
