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Adm. sizar (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Nov. 19, 1813. B. at Harwood, Lancs. [6th s. of Christopher, of Highercroft.] School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. Michs. 1814; Scholar, 1817; B.A. 1818; M.A. 1821; B.D. 1828. Fellow, 1818-30. Ord. deacon (Ely) Apr. 15, 1821; priest, Mar. 23, 1823. V. of Higham, Kent, 1829-74. Contributed generously to a new church, built as a chapel-of-ease; and also to the National Schools. Heir to his brother John, and became owner of the Lower Darwen estate in 1854. Married and had issue. ?The Rev. Mr Hindle? whom Dickens mentions as being the tenant of Gadshill Place, when he bought it in 1856. Died suddenly Dec. 23, 1874, aged 79, at The Knole, Higham. Father of Christopher (1850). (Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; Scott, MSS.; Crockford; P. B. G. Binnall.)
Fielding (1910) has MI: 'In memory of the Rev Joseph Hindle, MA BD, fellow of St John's College Cambridge and for forty-five years vicar of this parish; an earnest simple Christian minister; he passed to his rest on the 23rd December 1874, in the 80th year of his age. Buried Dec. 30.