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[Fom Manx Soc vol 29]
The parish church, dedicated to St. Peter, was consecrated 5th September 1833.
The living is in the gift of the Crown.
Tithe value . £141 8 0
Glebe, 22 ac. 1 ro. 29 poles, rateable value . 16 6 0
Total £157 14 0 A good vicarage-house and garden.
The parish is said to derive its name from St. Conanus, who was Bishop of Man A.D. 600, and formerly called Kirk Conchan.
An Act of Tynwald was promulgated on the 20th September 1830 for providing a new parish church at Conchan on part of the glebe field, near to the churchyard, and to take down the old church, being in a dilapidated condition.-Geneste's Statutes, pp. 65-69.
An Act of Tynwald was also promulgated on the 21st March 1839, for building a new vicarage-house and offices on the vicar's glebe. In 1854 about half-an-acre of land was purchased from John Stanway Jackson for £170 :16s., ad-joining the present churchyard, as an additional burial-ground for the parish. The vicar and wardens may dispose of one-third part of such land for graves.
The register for baptisms commences in 1627.
„ burials 1647.
„ marriages „ 1698.
The sacrament plate consists of-2 silver cups, 1 silver paten, 1 pewter flagon, 3 pewter patens, with two collection boxes for the offertory, dated 1742.
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RICHARD. |
1408 |
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Called Vicar of "St. Cantanus."Oliver's Monumenta, ii. p. 248. |
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SIR JOHN MOORE |
1566 |
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By his Will he is stated to be vicar at this date. |
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HENRY GELL |
1575 |
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William Crowe, curate in 1576. |
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SIR JOHN OTTE (OATES) |
1580 |
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Buried at Onchan, August 10, 1647.John Oates, by the "Lord's Book,"1630, had "the clerkship, with the glebe and profits, for twenty-one years, and fine." |
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JOHN WOODS . |
1650 |
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Vicar of German 1680. |
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THOMAS ROBINSON . |
1680 |
Resignation of John Woods. |
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EVAN GILL |
June 20,1686 |
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Vicar of Marown 1701. |
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WILLIAM GELL. |
Sept. 11,1701 |
Resignation of Evan Gill. |
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Died March 31, 1748. Aged 72.Buried at Onchan.1 In the Onchan Register he is stated to have been vicar above fifty years.Isabel, his wife, alias Moore, died January 2, 1756. Aged 80 |
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SAMUEL GELL . |
March 13,1748 |
Death of Wm. Gell. |
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Son of William Gell, vicar. Vicarof Lonan 1759. |
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THOMAS QUAYLE |
April 19,1759 |
Resignation of S.Gell. |
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Translator of 1st Kings into Manx.Died March 9, 1798. In the register he is stated to have been vicar of the parish thirty-nine years. His first wife, Grissel,daughter of the Rev. Wm. Ross, academic professor, died July1768. Aged 57. His second wife, Jane, daughter of John Oates of Bibaloe, gentleman, died April 1794. Aged 66. |
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JOHN CANNELL |
April 27,1798 |
Death of T. Quayle. |
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Buried January 2, 1810, at Onchan. |
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EDWARD CRAINE |
March 29,1810 |
Death of J. Cannell. |
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JOHN HOWARD. |
July 24,1847 |
Death of E. Craine. |
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Present Vicar. |
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1 On a headstone, near the wall, almost worn out-The Rev. Mr. WM. GELL, 50 years minister of this parish, died March 31, 1748, ætatis 72. Dei Minister Edulus Populi Pastor fidus Verbi Dispensator-Prudens omnibus amicus Nemini noxius Vita. Pacificus morte Beatus Resurrectionis spe: Christo quiescit.
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