« ... Edward was appointed to the post of vicar at St. Chad's on 14 July 1753. His name appears on a list of the succession of vicars of the parish displayed inside the church. Unfortunately, after officiating at a wedding sometime in 1755 he was standing under the bell tower when the church bell fell from its mounting above and killed him. A plaque in the church records the event as follows: 'In Memoriam. Revd. Edward Moore, sometime Vicar of this Parish, accidentally killed in the old Tower Vestry of this Church. A.D. 1755.' After his death his eldest son is said to have presented the piscina in the church which, underneath the bowl, has a small shield with the Arms of More quartered with those of Cresacre on it (now badly eroded). Above the bowl there is an inscription that reads: 'To the glory of God and in pious memory of Edward Moore, LLB, Vicar of Over, born 1696, died 1755; and Mary his wife, born 1703, died 1772, whose bodies are buried near this spot.' the piscina has been relocated from its original position on the wall of the church at the side of the altar to its present place in the vestry. .... »
NOTE: Another source states it was a "clock weight" that fell on his head not 'the church bell'. See: Bostock, Tony: A Hidden Place of Worship – A History of St. Chad’s Church and Parish, Over, Winsford. 2007. p. 33 > Accessed on: tonybostock.com/
