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Jane Ridsdale
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Amy Woodforde-Finden
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Carrington

Carrington Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Carrington probably named with an unattested Old English personal name Cāra + -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’. Scottish: habitational name from a place in Midlothian named Carrington probably from Old English Cēriheringa-tūn ‘settlement of Cērihere's people’.
Source
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Warrington, Barrington, Harrington, Farrington, Arrington
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 3068

Peter Carrington 1813
Sarah Carrington 1829
William Carrington
Mary Carrington
William Carrington

Plot No. 3069

Peter Carrington 1845

Plot No. 3070

James Carrington 1854

Peter CARRINGTON Plot 3068

Peter CARRINGTON Plot 3069

James CARRINGTON Plot 3070

Inscription

In Memory Of
Peter Carrington
Blacksmith Of Hampsthwaite
Who Died 11th Of October 1813 Aged 67
Also Interred In The Same Grave
Sarah The Wife Of The Above Peter
Carrington Who Died April 8th 1829
Aged 82 Years
Likewise William Mary And
William Children To The Above
Who Died In Their Infancy
The Toils Of Life And Pangs Of Death Are O’re
And Care Pain And Sickness Are No More

Sacred
To The Memory Of
Peter Carrington, Blacksmith
Late Of Clint, Who Died June 15th 1845,
Aged 64 Years
With Heavenly Weapons I Have Fought,
The Battles Of The Lord;
Finish’d My Course, And Kept The Faith
And Want The Sure Reward.

Sacred
To The Memory Of
James Carrington Blacksmith
Who Died June 12th 1854
Aged 67 Years
Our Brother The Haven Hath Gain’d,
Outflying The Tempest And Wind;
His Rest He Hath Sooner Obtain’d
And Left His Companions Behind

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
#	Den CARRINGTON	30 August 1859	78
3070	James CARRINGTON	14 June 1854	66
#	Mary CARRINGTON	2 August 1866	80
#	Mary CARRINGTON	13 October 1873	80
3068	Mary CARRINGTON	-	0
3068	Peter CARRINGTON	11 October 1813	67
3069	Peter CARRINGTON	19 June 1845	64
3068	Sarah CARRINGTON	8 April 1829	82
#	Stephen CARRINGTON	4 April 1877	80
3068	William CARRINGTON	-	0
3068	William CARRINGTON	-	37

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