COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
Huskar Pit Memorial
title
Huskar Pit Memorial
Title
false
Creation Date:
after 1838
creation_date
after 1838
Creation Date
false
Dimensions:
5.3 m high , 1.16 x 1.16 m base
dimensions
5.3 m high , 1.16 x 1.16 m base
Dimensions
false
Image Date:
2002
image_date
2002
Image Date
false
Period:
19th century
period
19th century
Period
false
Location:
Silkstone, South Yorkshire
location
Silkstone, South Yorkshire
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Material:
sandstone
material
sandstone
Material
false
Display Creator:
not known
display_creator
not known
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
b011
image_id
b011
Image ID
false
Description:
Location: In the upper corner of the churchyard, Barnsley Road and High Street, Silkstone. Description: A square block mounted on three steps. The block has been covered with a second stone forming a lip above which are thin faces of stone carved with quotations from the Bible. The whole is capped by a high pyramid with protruding gables at its edges and corners and decorated with incised lines. The base of the monument is 116 cm square and its height to the bottom of the roof section is 180 cm. The pyramid top is 293 cm high. The steps are 55 cm high and 214 square at their base. Total height to ground is 529 cm. Inscriptions: Quotations appear around the base of the pyramid. rear: " There is but a step between me and death. / 1st Samuel XX Chap 3 Verse. " right facade: " 'Boats (sic) not thyself of tomorrow / Proverbs XXVII Chap 1 Verse " left facade: " 'Therefore be ye also ready. / Matthew XXIV Chap 44 Verse " front facade: " 'Take ye heed watch and pray for ye know / not when the time is. Mark XIII Chap 33 Verse" Main inscription on front reads: " THIS MONUMENT / was erected to perpetuate the re- / membrance of an aweful vifitation / of the Almighty which took place / in this Parifh on the 4th day of July 1838. / On that eventful day the Lord sent forth His Thunder; / Lighning, Hail and Rain, carrying devaftation before / them, and by a sudden irruption of Water into the / Coalpits of R.C.Clarke Esq.r twenty six human be- / ings whose names are recorded here were suddenly / Summon'd to appear before their Maker. / READER REMEMBER! / Every neglected call of God, will appear againft Thee / at the Day of Judgment. / Let this Solemn Warning then sink deep into thy hearts & / so prepare thee that the Lord when He cometh may find thee / WATCHING. " Right facade: " The mortal remains are deposited in the / Graves as undernamed, / 1st Grave beginning at the North end, (List of boys' names and their ages, which range from 7 years to 16)" Left facade: " The mortal remains of the Females / are deposited in the Graves at the feet of the / Males as undernamed, / 1st Grave beginning at the Sorth end, (List of girls' names and their ages, which range from 8 years to 17)" Commission: To commemorate the Huskar Pit Disaster on July 4th 1838. Comment: The inquest on the disaster was held in the Red Lion pub in Silkstone on July 12th 1838. Twenty-six children were drowned. One result of the disaster, following an official enquiry led by Lord Shaftesbury, was that it was subsequently made illegal for women and children to work in the mines.
description
Location: In the upper corner of the churchyard, Barnsley Road and High Street, Silkstone. Description: A square block mounted on three steps. The block has been covered with a second stone forming a lip above which are thin faces of stone carved with quotations from the Bible. The whole is capped by a high pyramid with protruding gables at its edges and corners and decorated with incised lines. The base of the monument is 116 cm square and its height to the bottom of the roof section is 180 cm. The pyramid top is 293 cm high. The steps are 55 cm high and 214 square at their base. Total height to ground is 529 cm. Inscriptions: Quotations appear around the base of the pyramid. rear: " There is but a step between me and death. / 1st Samuel XX Chap 3 Verse. " right facade: " 'Boats (sic) not thyself of tomorrow / Proverbs XXVII Chap 1 Verse " left facade: " 'Therefore be ye also ready. / Matthew XXIV Chap 44 Verse " front facade: " 'Take ye heed watch and pray for ye know / not when the time is. Mark XIII Chap 33 Verse" Main inscription on front reads: " THIS MONUMENT / was erected to perpetuate the re- / membrance of an aweful vifitation / of the Almighty which took place / in this Parifh on the 4th day of July 1838. / On that eventful day the Lord sent forth His Thunder; / Lighning, Hail and Rain, carrying devaftation before / them, and by a sudden irruption of Water into the / Coalpits of R.C.Clarke Esq.r twenty six human be- / ings whose names are recorded here were suddenly / Summon'd to appear before their Maker. / READER REMEMBER! / Every neglected call of God, will appear againft Thee / at the Day of Judgment. / Let this Solemn Warning then sink deep into thy hearts & / so prepare thee that the Lord when He cometh may find thee / WATCHING. " Right facade: " The mortal remains are deposited in the / Graves as undernamed, / 1st Grave beginning at the North end, (List of boys' names and their ages, which range from 7 years to 16)" Left facade: " The mortal remains of the Females / are deposited in the Graves at the feet of the / Males as undernamed, / 1st Grave beginning at the Sorth end, (List of girls' names and their ages, which range from 8 years to 17)" Commission: To commemorate the Huskar Pit Disaster on July 4th 1838. Comment: The inquest on the disaster was held in the Red Lion pub in Silkstone on July 12th 1838. Twenty-six children were drowned. One result of the disaster, following an official enquiry led by Lord Shaftesbury, was that it was subsequently made illegal for women and children to work in the mines.
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
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 >."
permissions
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 >."
Permissions
false
Related Information:
Silkstone Public Art. For more information see also < http://public-art.s
> .
related_information
Silkstone Public Art. For more information see also < http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/pmsa/barnsley/index.html#page5 > .
Related Information
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
not known
creator
not known
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Designer.
creator_role
Designer.
Creator Role
false
Subject Heading:
Memorials -- England (South Yorkshire)
subject_heading
Memorials -- England (South Yorkshire)
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Monuments
subject_heading
Monuments
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Disasters
subject_heading
Disasters
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Coal mines and mining
subject_heading
Coal mines and mining
Subject Heading
false