No. 1. Peace and good neighbourhood. ,, 2. Prosperity to all our benefactors. ,, 3. Prosperity to this Parish. ,, 4. I to the Church the living call, ,, 5. Geo Hope, Churchwarden. ,, 6. Abel Rudhall of Gloucester cast us all. “No matter whether oak or birch— Homer. Iliad xxili. 315
At this date the price of coal at the pit’s mouth was not less than 16/- a ton, or fully double what it is at present. The course of this notable work which effectually drained the Hollin seam of coal may still be traced for a long distance by its succession of ventilating shafts, finally issuing in the ravine called Kearsley, and discharging its waters into the brook. |