Detail View: SHIMMER: Lundhill Mining Memorial
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Title:
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Lundhill Mining Memorial
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Image Date:
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2008
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Period:
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19th century
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Location:
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Darfield, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Display Creator:
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OXLEY, W.
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Image ID:
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b022b
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Description:
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Detail: inscription. Location: In the churchyard of All Saints' Church, Darfield, Barnsley Description: A tall obelisk mounted on a pedestal and base, resting on two steps, located at the edge of the churchyard above a slope to the River Dearne. Each face of the plinth has an outstanding inscribed surface. Above the upper lip of the plinth there is a small floral wreath and scroll on each side of the monument. Inscriptions: There are biblical texts on all four faces of the plinth; the front of the monument also contains the following: "ERECTED / TO COMMEMORATE THE / LUNDHILL EXPLOSION / OF FEBRUARY 19TH 1857, / IN WHICH / ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE / MEN AND BOYS LOST THEIR LIVES; / OF WHOSE BODIES, / ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX / ARE BURIED / NEAR THIS PLACE. / "PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD." / AMOS.IV.12." Inscriptions on the other faces are: " "THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS / SON CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN" / JOHN.I.7. " " "IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED / AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO THEM / ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL / GOD BRING WITH HIM." / 1 THESSALONIANS.IV.14. " " "HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE / NEGLECT SO GREAT SALVATION?" / HEBREWS.II.3. " On the horizontal surface of one of the steps is the signature: " W. OXLEY of Barnsley" Commission: Commemorates the Lund Hill Explosion of 1857, when 189 men and boys were killed. Comment: Recently (2007) restored and cleaned.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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OXLEY, W.
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Creator Role:
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Stonemasons and builders. Active in South Yorkshire.
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Subject Heading:
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Memorials -- England (South Yorkshire)
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Subject Heading:
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Monuments -- England
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Subject Heading:
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Disasters
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Subject Heading:
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Stone carving
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Subject Heading:
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Coal mines and mining
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