Joseph Parr (1790–1868) was a town crier of Derby. Parr was born in 1790 and died in 1868, at the age of 78.
He is believed to have been a descendant of a decayed branch of a local family that had rented space in The Shambles of Chesterfield, which is a collection of narrow and old streets.[1]
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edit- Joseph Parr – Town Crier of Derby, a photograph of Joseph Parr in his Town Criers uniform taken circa 1859 can be seen in the article by Peter Seddon