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 | | Mr William Varty, Stagstones, was one of the first members in Penrith, and was leader of the first class in the town, principally composed of people poorer than himself, and with whom he had to endure a considerable amount of persecution. |
 | | The sum contributed quarterly to the circuit in 1779 was 4s 6d, and for seventeen years after the amount fluctuated between 3s 6d and nothing, till, in 1796, it regained its former level of 4s 6d, being at the rate of sixpence per member for the nine members. |
 | | In 1871 the Penrith Circuit was divided and Kirkoswald Circuit carved out of the parent circuit, including all the stations east of Penrith, and started with two ministers and 460 members, leaving the parent circuit with two ministers and 421 members. |
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