This Foldout collects some of the Latin and other texts which can be found in the district in datestones, epitaphs, documents, coats of arms, mottoes, and other inscriptions
The trade mark of Ben Shaw & Sons Limited was the name Benjamin
Shaw's signature surrounded by this Latin text
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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AS
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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clicus
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
An inscription at Wynteredge Hall, Hipperholme
From 1662, the milled edge of coins were engraved with this
inscription.
The inscription reappeared when the £1 coin was issued in 1983
The Latin motto appears on Heath Grammar School Memorial Gates.
It was written by Arthur Owen and is a pun on the surname of Dr John Favour, founder of the School
= The pen is mightier than the sword
This is the motto of Hipperholme Grammar School
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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DNIC
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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DDD
(Latin) Trans: happy is he whose ancestors make a profession of virtue, and who himself leaves virtue to succession
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
(Latin) Trans: Let the chattering world be tortured by senseless love, While my calm life quietly pleases me
An inscription at Wynteredge Hall, Hipperholme
(Latin) Trans: This place hates, loves, punishes, observes, honours – Negligence, peace, crimes, laws, virtuous persons
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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hse
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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hm
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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ihs
This inscription appears over the entrance to King Cross Police Sub-Station
(Latin) Trans: now mine, once his, but afterwards I know not whose
This appears on the doorway at Sundial House, Friendly Fold and at
Barkisland Hall
In 1857, John Foster was granted armorial bearings with this
motto.
It is the motto of Black Dyke Mills Band, and is displayed over the
entrance to Cliffe Hill
This was the motto of the Lister family.
It appears on the Lister family Arms and can be seen in the
Housebody at Shibden Hall.
The motto was also adopted by William Busfeild when he
changed his name
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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Lld
(Latin) Trans: the house when large yields comfort; fires and tongues carry destruction with them
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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MD
An inscription at Wynteredge Hall, Hipperholme
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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mp
This is the Halifax motto and comes from the Biblical text:
in Psalms 127:1
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
(Latin) Trans: May the Almighty grant that the lineage of Sunderland may quietly inhabit this seat, and maintain the rights of their ancestors free from strife until an ant drink up the waters of the sea, and a tortoise walk around the whole world
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
2 inscriptions at High Sunderland, Halifax
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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pm
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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pc
An inscription on Hollin Well, Norland
Thou who art my pupil, boy, and desirest to be taught,
This appears on the Heath School Seal and was incorporated into the
badge on the pupils' uniform cap and blazer
This appears on the gatehouse at Crow Nest, Lightcliffe
The inscription on a sundial [1833] at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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RIP
(Latin) Trans: sacred to the memory
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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ss
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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stb
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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stp
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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sp
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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spl
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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spm
This was the trademark of James Simpson
things
This appears in the Smith Sundial, People's Park
A form of this text appears on a stone at Wood Top, Hebden Bridge
Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain
Qui mihi discipulus, puer, es cupis atque doceri,
Huc ades, haec animo concipe dicta tuo
Come here, grasp these sayings with thy mind
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