Memorial to William Weightman

Haworth Church

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS IN MEMORY OF THE LATE WILLIAM WEIGHTMAN, M.A. WHO DIED SEPTR 6TH 1842, AGED 26 YEARS AND WAS BURIED IN THIS CHURCH ON THE 10TH OF THE SAME MONTH     HE WAS THREE YEARS CURATE OF HAWORTH AND BY THE CONGREGATION AND PARISHIONERS IN GENERAL, WAS GREATLY RESPECTED, FOR HIS ORTHODOX PRINCIPLES, ACTIVE ZEAL, MORAL HABITS, LEARNING, MILDNESS AND AFFABILITY: HIS USEFUL LABOURS WILL LONG BE GRATEFULLY REMEMBERED, BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION; AND SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND SCHOLARS.