They had now reached the house of the parish clerk.
He was elected three times as the parish clerk of court: 1940, 1944, and 1948.
The parish clerk was helpful, but their records only went back to the 1960's.
The parish clerk was asked to report the matter to the area surveyor.
He received such education as the parish clerk, who was also the schoolmaster of the village, could give him.
Many of the sextons and parish clerks who kept the records were themselves dead.
Decisions of the council are carried out by a proper officer, typically known as a parish clerk.
Samuel Sibley served as a parish clerk from 1815 until his death in 1823.
During the past few weeks so many had been killed in the raids that his parish clerk no longer registered the deaths.
The information was collected by Parish Clerks and published every week.