#corv speaks stuff

[starmonsterrr]

Uh oh the creativity demons (probably Ink) are telling me to expand my lore stuff to the whole UTMV and make my own variant of it and make designs for that variant because I cannot keep my creative projects simple

(would aurumverse be a good name?)

[theforgottencrow]

+*MASTERPOST // INTRO?!*+

✦Hiya my name Is Ink/Corv, But my friends/Moots call me Crow! Welcome to the Nest!

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updated 06-01-2024

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✦Mah other blog :p @theforgottencorvid is my art reblogging account, it’s simply where I reblog my art nothin else :)

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✦About Me !!!! :0

Firstly I present some of my flags !! (Theres so many more...)

My main prnz : Xe/Crow/Paint/Ink/Bite, I also use Blood/Gore/Bone/Fang/Pest/Knife/It/Static/Etc. (How to use Xe/xem prns Here)

My very special interest is Undertale + Utmv !! (Pretty obv..)

Proud Furry <3

I’m a Polymorph/Polykin Therian. I am CrowKin, DragonKin, CrocodileKin, (+more kins), my other theriotypes are Snow leopard, Lynx, Coyote, GreenTree Python, Griffin, Fox, etc.

Bi-Oriented Polyamorous Aegosexual Aro/Ace ✨

I have 9 beautiful handsome partners 💕

I deeply love my platonic soulmate @/wardenruins, he doesn’t post stuff, he just on tumblr so that he can spy on my stuff, but ye, love you Warden <333

Trans (F->M) Who still comfortably identifies as a Butch ✨⚔️

I’m Agender, Xenogender & Neogender ✨

I LOVEEE Mascot Horror/Creepy games !! A few of my favs are Indigo Park, Kinitopet, Poppy Playtime, Little Nightmares, Dark Deception, Amnesia, Fnaf, Etc.

German is my native tongue but I’m also completely fluent in English, and I speak slight Spanish as well :D

I HAVE A PERSONA !! You can find its ref riiiight here i'll be drawing myself as it often and if not xem my Monster Sona riiight here

I LOVE LOVE LOVE MY MOOTS/FRIENDS/PARTNERS !!!!!!

A few of my other hyperfixations are : Regretavator, Hellsing, Scott Pilgrim, Qsmp, Bugbo, CVW, TSATWON, Sweet Tooth, Trigun, Kenny The Shark, Preassure, Phighting, Cult of the Lamb, Alfred’s Playhouse, HAND, Dungeon Meshi, FnF, CoS, DHMIS, FPE, Indigo Park, The D!ckheads, Souris, TDFWM, B & B, Flawless, TTWTBG, SMFT, FTP, TEP, Homesick, SHELTER, OWH, OOSOOB, ST, Welcome Home, Inanimate Insanity, etc.

Some of my fav bands/artists : Mindless Self Indulgence, Lemon Demon, Femtanyl, Alex G, Pompey, The Living Tombstone, Odetari, Penelope Scott, Ivycomb Music, Cave Town, BoyWithUke, Derivakat, Baby Bugs, Ryan Mack, Etc.!

Some of my fav Songs : Alien Blues, Body Terror, Pure as a Lamb, I Should've Stayed Home, LOVESICK CANNIBAL!, Two Moons, Haha Hi, Rockstar, Nosedive, P3t, Seriously?, Sex For Homework, Rät, Stupid MF, HELLO KITTY, Shut me Up, Fine Great, Get It Up, Devil Town, This is Home, Etc.!

Some Fandoms I'm In !! : Undertale, Utmv, Deltarune, WoF, WC, FPE, Indigo Park, Kenny The Shark, FnF, Trigun, CVW, DHMIS, Horrid Henry, Alfred’s Playhouse, LackaDaisy, Tmnt/Rottmnt, COTL, HAND, TSATWON, TOH, Sweet Tooth, Dungeon Meshi, Phighting , Amphibia, Ramshackle, BBU, Owls of Ga'hoole, Welcome Home, PP, Hellsing, WOTHH, Bee & Puppycat, Wednesday, Doom & Gloom, HH & HB, Pokemon, MD, Tadac, Monkey Wrench, Bluey, Sarah & Duck, Puffin Rock, Spooky Month, Fnaf, LMK, Animaniacs, Etc.

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✦ My Tags !!! (Wow I'm finally gonna be using tags crazy...)

#My Art - Art !!

#Crow reblogs - Reblogs !!

#Not Utmv - stuff/reblogs that aren’t Utmv 😔

#Crow Rambling - my weird rambles/random talking

#Crow Chatter - Me Interacting w/ ppl & answering asks

Alter Chatter - Asks that are either sent to the Alters or an ask that the Alter themselves have decided to become a part of <3

#inbox doodles - little doodles made for inbox answering

#Crow Simping - me loosing my marbles over a character I deem hot

#HEAVY Crow Simping - foaming at the mouth blue balled over a character

#F r i e n d 🫵 - Me interacting w/ my friends/Moots !!

#Crow on Crack - Me saying out of context things/or me being weird :)

#crow depression hour - Me being depressed

#Crow Vents - Me venting, vents will have different colors for different intensities of them, red being very heavy topics that could have quite a few context warnings, orange being semi heavy but not as bad, green being no heavy topics and fairly light weight stuff. If you wish to not see these I suggest blocking the tag.

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Lgbtq+ Phobes.

LITTLE KIDS (ppl under 12/13, basically if your not old enough to be on this site), I honestly would really prefer you not be on my blog as I have VERY vulgar language and honestly spread that shit around like wildfire. I will also very rarely if I’m in the mood to do so draw suggestive art, no lightsabers or stuff but perhaps thick as fuck skeletons, tits, etc.

Transphobics, Xenophobics, Etc...

Racists, Sexists, Discrimination, etc.

Invalidates a Person's Pronouns / Gender / Identity

Pedophiles, Sexualizes Minors, Jokes about Rape, etc.

Pro-Isreals.

People who Harass, Dox, tell ppl to kys, etc.

AntiFurries.

ZOOPHILES.

MAPS.

extremely problematic ppl, aka ppl who cause problems on purpose

People who ship Errorberry/Error x Swap, this is more of a Half joke but istg if you bring that SHIT up to me I will most likely block you. Regardless of our status.

Corvid haters of any kind, I’m so srs abt this fuck offf <333

Anti-Blm

Anti-Petre/Agere/Etc

Anti-Therian/Nonhuman/alterhuman/Etc

irl doubles (unless ik you beforehand ofc))) {I’m irls of Ink, C!Nightmare, Cross, Folly, Bugbo, Killer and Error.} I mean this if ur also an Ink irl, if ur anything else on the list, then you’re okay to interact lol

Slander of my interests/hyperfixations.

Mockery of Me, My Friends, My partners, or my mental illnesses.

Unwanted Criticism/Extreamly rude Criticism, unless I asked for it please don't.

People who think trauma is a joke & belittle it.

those who think neurodivergent ppl w/ BPD, Bipolar, etc are “Scary” and don’t belong. Andd that’s about the major people I will block! I also might have forgotten a few things/people who I DNI but uhh- I’m sure I’ll remember later :) Other than that I will freely block who I decide to and curate my own content! :)

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✦ Byi + Boundaries..

I have Autism + Alexithymia, Depression, Anxiety, ADHD & BPD

We’re a DID system and use We/I/Me/Ours pronouns. i don't talk about my DID often because its kinda awkward :”). Our Alters consist mostly of Ink, Lust, CANON C!Nightmare, Cross, & Killer. But there are many more and we are NOT our source. I am also in almost complete control of this sack of flesh xP, Tho 99% of the time I’m co-fronting with Ink!! *paint might get acrylics own text tags one day if color so desires <3*

I petre sometimes! Often times I am a crow, or cat! And I purr and chirp/caw even out of petre <3

Tone tags are VERY VERY preferable! I am tone def a lot of the time so please use tone tags otherwise I will take it the wrong way and start to p a n i c

I'm an Irl + Fictkin (Ink sans) !!!

Yes I can be cringe and idc :)

i am VERY silly, expect maximum silliness from me at all times.

If you’re are uncomfortable with something you see block the tag and move on do not harass me.

Please do not ask personal info/give about me unless I'm willing to give or I give permission. This includes Name, Age, Basic stuff like that.

please do not mention topics of rape, sexual assault, plushophilla, grooming, Addiction, Animal mutilation/Murder, etc. these are very triggering topics for me and make me remember events forced on me in my life I do not want to remember.

DO. NOT. REPOST/TRACE. MY. ART. WITHOUT. PERMISSION. I will find you.

Inbox is always open! You can be as silly as you want or say the most random stuff! 99.99% of the time I’ll also answer with a little doodle! And if u want me to remember you add a little signature! Ex : 💥 anon or smth like that :D

Another thing! You can send asks/talk with the Alters! Cannot guarantee we will always reply as some of us may not wish to, but still! This being said..BE RESPECTFUL TO ALL OF US IF YOU DECIDE TO INTERACT!! If you are not you get the ban hammer<3. Sometimes Alters may take over an ask if they want to! Regardless if it’s unintended for them or if the other wishes not to answer so don’t be surprised if you see someone else instead of who you intended :)

My DMs are always open !! I love love love meeting new people and making friends (I DONT BITE!!!!) :]

I'm fine w/ tags, comments, & spam-likes/reblogs! They make me rlly happy :3

I might spam-like (I get a lil excited sometimes..especially if I REALLY like your stuff, if you don't like this please let me know and I'll stop!!)

We do make suggestive jokes and we are hypersexual but that doesn't mean we’re not sex-replused most of the time.

I'm Nonhuman !! Pls do not refer to me as human. I prefer Skeleton terms & Crow terms over everything else. I'm just your average Paint Drinking Souless Skeleton <3

We tend to make random remarks, say out of pocket things, have trouble w/ volume control/typing in all caps, making inappropriate jokes, flirt & tease (w/ my close close friends/moots) if you ever get disturbed by this please let us know & we’ll stop.

all flirting and teasing we do is NEVER romantic. If we do these things with you they are purely us being silly, never showing romantic interest. Do not think otherwise. If you do you’re blocked Immediately.

I am VERY Blunt. And might say something rude or offensive and if I do please let me know because my Alexithymia makes it hard for me to understand if I upset people.

I unapologetically ship the most toxic abusive ships I can, and idc <333

Don’t involve me in ship discourse man, I just wanna curate my own experience-

My blog, my rules!! <3333

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I work at my fathers store M -> F, so I won’t be on too often on those days :)

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Art requests are open and always open! Feel free to ask for whatever you like, ocs are included! I still have the right to delete a request if I’m not comfortable with it tho ;3

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more may be added in time.

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[whatdoesshedotothem]

Thursday 2 May 1839

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fine morning F57 ½° inside and 58 ½° outside (sun out) now at 8 5/.. am siding till breakfast at 8 ½ in about ½ hour when Mr. Horner came to A- she tried in oils for the sake of better learning colouring, 1st time – I with them till Hinscliffe came between 9 and 10 to speak to A- about her coal in the flashes – Holt having the other valued it at £150 per acre A- asked this and H- agreed to give it – for the privilege of pulling Hannah Walkers’ coal (about ½ an acre) at the pit in A-‘s land A- asked (or I for her for she remained with Mr. Horner and merely say Hinscliffe for a moment at the last and confirmed what I had said) as valued by Holt, after the rate of twenty guineas an acre – nothing to be said about this at present as A- would not take money but would have the value in land, and H- did not know that Hannah W- could sell it – if A- made a new wall, the wall of course to be hers, and in that case H- agreed with me 6d. per yard enough for the ground his sson has a claim of five hundred on the estate told H- to let Mr. Parker know whenever Hannah W-‘s estate was to be sold, for A- would like to make a bid at it, tho’ she did not think of giving more than it was reasonably worth – to let H- know when he might call again to sign the agreement – H- staid till 11 – he would have tubbed the E.P. at the water wheel, and made the water wheel pump the water as originally intended – sure that the stroke of the pumps was not quick enough – from 11 to near 12 with Mrs. Ann Lee ordering and planning how to do to hang the armoires with crimson glazed calico – then with A- and with her at her luncheon and till 1 ½ when she got ready to ride to Cliff hill, and I went out – to the meer, and there all the afternoon and evening till after 7 walling up and puddling about the large oak jeopardied by the meer-water when high, and ornament-rough-walling the head of the drain at the hut – Booth and Edward Waddington at the funeral of Booths’ father and not here today – Robert Wharton and Grey the labourer at the laundry in the morning (began on Tuesday) and this afternoon took down the wall under the drawing rooms windows (taken out this afternoon) and half a sash put in, and the room boarded up as the red room was on Tuesday – my own 3 horses and George Naylors’ 2 finished the last of the pit stuff at Pearsons’ yesterday afternoon and today carting stones for the meer skew bank and heavy rag corves for the intended boat-house walling – home at 7 ¼ - dinner at 7 ½ - John Dixon not returned from Leeds – went this morning to see after a place there – had written so far, all but the first line, at 9 40/.. when John Booth brought word that Aquilla Greens’ wife died today – ill 3 weeks – change of life – very fine – from 9 ¾ to 11 ¼ A- and I in the tower study arranging books F57° inside and 49 ½° outside at 11 ¼ pm Note tonight from Mr. Matthew Highley claiming 8/6 that Womersley will pay for little marsh Lords’ rent –

[starlit-mansion]

fnaf! (for the meme)

and your ocs?

Oooh ho ho, thank you for pandering to me!

FNAF (games only):

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) - Michael Afton! I care him... I almost never talk about how my interpretation of him doesn't really line up to fanon but i definitely think about him the most.

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) - Funtime Foxy. *slaps hood* This bad boy can fit so many genders in her! Just the peak aesthetic of the series for me, even if he has the least "character" of the Funtimes

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) - I was going to put Cassidy in the next one down but they are one of the main characters of a whole mainline game so... not THAT obscure (in fnaf terms). I think the duality of their character is really neat (and i know this is games only but also i love their counterpart in Fazbear Frights).

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week) - I'm trying to think what constitues an obscure fave in a series like FNaF? I guess RWQFSFASXC? Their design is literally the scariest one in the series for me but it does make me more interested! And they've surprisingly not been milked to death and remained a genuine mystery imo.

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) - Circus Baby! She never gets credit for being a good villain but I think she is one, and i love her and Michael being narrative foils to each other. Also I love her monologues. Girlboss building her empire.

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) - Obviously it's William Afton >:3c

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell) - Copout answer: Animdude. The closest thing to an actual answer: I guess Nightmarion? This is the closest I come to sincerely disliking a design in the series AND there's no real significance to their appearances afaik.

As for my ocs... I'm not sure which group to talk about! I'm going to do my and Corv's Fallen London ocs for contrast to the fnaf answers. Check the pinned post on @irrigos for more info

blorbo - Hepsi Brewster, obviously, i think your main character HAS to be your blorbo. I said to myself that i wanted to make a crime milf with jennifer coolidge energy and by god, i did. And then i made her lose everyone in her life and go on a possiblely suicidal crime mission out of sheer desperation, during the long and complicated course of which, she ends up falling in love with someone she shouldn't fall in love with for a MYRIAD of reasons and not sorting it out for like two more years on top of that. God, i love her...

scrunkly - Izzy Brewster (Hepsi's daughter). Every time i do a voice for her, i give her the softest sweetest voice i can muster. She's doing the best she can.... Babie girl. Precious.

scrimblo bimblo - My headcanons of Clara from the light fingers storyline, since they forgot to give her a personality lol. Mostly i think about her extremely complicated relationship with Hepsi post-canon and how they have an unspoken falling out until Morgan (of all people; she does Not like them) prods her into reaching out to start to mend things

glup shitto - Percy Bullard, if only for the fact that we've never talked about him online. Hard to have a glup shitto among your own playthings... You can upgrade them so fast if they catch your fancy. Anyway, he's a rude catboy who was bullied by his younger cousins most of his life; what's not to like?

poor little meow meow - Eliot St. Croix is like the definition of poor little meow meow... I'm pitting him in a pringles can and shaking him as i speak. Sometimes you get into a weird combo of a cult and an abusive relationship with an evil alien ghost who makes you do a bunch of fucked up stuff and you can't fully tell how culpable you are for the people you killed and the atrocities you commited... happens to the best of us

horse plinko - Henry Fletcher... without being too spoilery, he missed all the significant changes in everyone else's lives and it's VERY SAD and i grin and rub my hands like a villian thinking about the angst

eeby deeby - Simon Fletcher. Not even my love of dilfs can redeem Hepsi's terrible conman dad... (Okay he's still kind of my type ngl. But he sucks.)

[anotherler]

Ask Meme Part 2: LQ-ler

My faviest fave who I ever faved!! Low Quality Once-ler! Lets do this.

Why I like them: More like, why I LOVE them okay? Uh…where do I begin. I think his initial and prevailing appeal was his aesthetic. I love old technology, low quality footage, foggy audio and static. I love the sound of a VCR’s mechanics turning. And the reason for all of this is suitingly, nostalgia. Which is what LQ is all about. He’s so carefully thought up and his themes fit together so nicely. His concept had me hooked from the start; a Once-ler who comes from lowquality footage of the movie. But then it just gets even deeper and examines the regrets of a Once-ler and a character that knew about his fate and destiny from the start and it’s just so fucking fascinating and well thought out. LQ himself has this charm to his personality and he’s positively endearing and adorable it’s not hard to understand why so many people flocked to him and showed him love. But if he was just that and that alone it would make for a flat character. LQ has other sides to himself that come out from time to time and it becomes obvious that in some cases he’s putting up a façade. He tends to brush the fact that he’s upset or angry under the rug to keep up his image and it’s something that anyone reading can really understand. It’s a great study of identity and how adults present themselves to each other in the business world and just generally to the public and how sometimes we aren’t really true to ourselves because we don’t like things about ourselves. I know this got super analytical so im going to go back to his characterization for a sec. He is such a lively person. Each gesture and reply and his eccentricity are wonderful to witness. I love his design a LOT. Those big grey-blue eyes with the long lashes and his glasses and his messy brown hair. He has a really unique look to him. He’s a good guy and I’d love to talk with him about old tech and stuff. He comes off as caring a lot about other people and Im sure he wants the best for others.

     Why I don’t: He has made some really dumb mistakes and been so self destructive that he has impacted those around him. He needs to practice true self love beyond any sort of merits he has and just believe that he can do good things even if he’s done bad things in the past. He’s really REALLY got to stop beating himself up. It’s okay for him to make mistakes in the past but he’s got to seek improvement and any time that he does you can feel really happy for him. He’s come a long way but he’s got some ways to go and can’t give up just yet.

Favorite episode (scene if movie): Probably when HQ first showed up. That whole part had me screaming. Actually, I have a LOT of favorite scenes and chapters from his blog. Type louder and his drawing party are some old favorites. The buildup to the GRAND reveal and LQ’s valley times are also incredibly great and Swone’s visit was hilarious and sweet. I also love the more recent chapters where LQ continues to have conflict with HQ and we some other sides of him.

Favorite season/movie: Ahhh…it’s hard to pick one. I love his entire blog :” ) I already talked about a lot of stuff it’s hard sjkgslsddsh I’d just sit here and list everything LOL but if I had to pick one both the events leading up to the GRAND REVEAL and HQ showing up.

Favorite line(s): “Even though the tag might say “low-quality”, I think that those old gifs had their own charm to them. Nostalgia, if you will. “ “Honesty is the best policy, after all.” “I AM N-NOT A BUTT P-PERVERT!!!!!!!!!!!”

Favorite outfit: I’m honestly a sucker for his business suit and bandaged arms(though, poor LQ for being so badly injured). I also really love his thneed and that REDICULOUS cape he had from his business times.

OTP: LQxHQ. Gotta have that self love, amiright? It’s a really good exploration of LQ’s relationship with himself and HQ is frankly hilarious. I know it isn’t the healthiest for LQ but im hoping things can improve for him in the future. Also, Bawstin-luh or Brandon O’ Shea from the the Thneedville High AU because LQ and Brandon are just really happy together :” ) Brotp: LQ and Swone. And my guilty pleasure: LQ and Swone and Onag. I always did want to see those two meet. Also LQ and Thneednight, LQ and Corv and LQ and Winter when they finally work things out a bit heh. While we’re on the topic of folks I wish LQ could have met I just gotta say…Cheap. Thrift buddies. Just picture it. Cheap had a chance to meet LQ by punching him in the face for 10 whole dollars but he PASSED IT UP!! For SHAME, Cheap. (To be fair IDK if they’d get along well haha)

Head Canon: At one point in the blog it’s mentioned that LQ used to watch the 1972 TV special and he said his Mom caught him watching it and turned it off. I think that she turned it off during the Once-ler’s successful points and before he chopped the last tree. Since then, LQ has never watched past that point on the VHS tape and in his youth it gave him only positive ideas about being a Once-ler and impacted him a lot in the long run. It’s kind of ironic because his Mom tried to discourage him but only really made him more interested.

Unpopular opinion: Y’all probably don’t want to face this fact, but LQ can be really nasty and temperamental sometimes. He’s spoken outright insults at people when he’s speaking honestly so he’s not purely “an innocent and sweet uwu baby” . He’s also very introspective and intelligent though he’s made a number of stupid descisions. Some things he’s said and thought are downright philosophical. That being said, those aspects make me like him even more as a character.

A wish: I want to see LQ continue to improve and move on in his life. He might need to break the mold he’s in to make that happen but he’s already established that he’s been doing things his own way so it’s not hard to imagine. It’s hard to move on but I believe in him.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: I don’t want LQ to die or give up :” )

5 words to best describe them: Nostalgic, Mysterious, Adorable, Charming, Bright

My nickname for them: I love the nickname ‘Lowqual’. It’s not a nickname I coined but…yeah. Uhm…Staticky Boi, My Favorite Onceler,

@residentcryptid And now onto Cheap!

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Monday 24 April 1837

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Slept in K.C. soft morning F37° now at 7 55 and went out to the Stump X inn – saw Mason – he so have the 2 cottages – rent not mentioned – to be settled when the new building is done and additional rent settled – the new building has been covered in sometime – met Mr. SW- at the turnpike – told him to see Aquilla Green – say what he thought fit about the intended Listerwick, and to tell him to come and speak to me – I thought the mill had better be given up SW- being sure there would not be water enough for the power required – then to Mytholm quarry – Robert + 2 (Jack Green and Michael there getting stone for the Lodge road rough walling) and Sam making up ruts in Charles Howarth’s field – Returned by Lower brea, and saw Mr. George Robinson standing at his door – said he had never come to settle with me about the rent – no! he said he thought it was settled – ‘he must fall into my will’ as I had told him my ultimatum – I merely said very well – he then said he wanted £40 laying out in raising his currying shop but did not want it laying out just now when money was so scarce – I said as for that, that did not make much difference – but I neither said I would nor would not do it – he said he had talked with Mr. Husband who had told him part might be done for £40 – met Mr. Husband in the court at home bringing me 2 orders to pay in a/c of the Stump X Inn – Mawson had ordered the coal-place – and wanted a cowhouse so that the expense would be greater than Mr. Husband had told – I merely said M- had just spoken to me about these things – took the orders and estimates of the Northgate plasterers work and came in to breakfast at 9 ½ - Hinscliffe (James senior) came about 10 ½ to speak to me about the coal got at the top of the hill, and to A- about taking more coal of her – I would have nothing to say about the coal at the top of the hill – Messrs. Holt and Hinscliffe to settle it between them – and A- said she would consider about her coal still to let – said she would go down into Hinscliffe’s pits some day – both of us to go and take Holt with us –after standing talking in the servants hall till near 12, A- left us – I took H- out – shewed him the line of Incline – the Spiggs water as now raised the meer-drift head – the wheel-race and all about – stood a long while in the wheel-race under the iron pillars – H- would do the 1st hundred yards of the Incline with a turn – (widening up the corves full of stuff) and then would set up a small gin and work it by a Galloway or horse – would carry air in tin-pipes – much [sweater] in these than in wood – if in wood, it should be planed – air much better when conveyed along the smooth surface – the tin-pipe 3in. diameter worth 1/6 per running yard – would work the colliery in in a series of squares of 20 yards x 20 yards -                           the Incline would be 2 years in doing! left H- at 1 55 at the wheel-race, he going home and I to Charles Howarth’s – found Holt there – he will call on Wednesday and let me see the estimate of their steam engine – kept by Mr. Holmes who is from home at present – says it is agreed for at less than the estimate given in to me that is £185 (without boiler) – told him what Mr. SW- said yesterday about there not being water enough – Holt equally sure there would not be enough – if he was AG- he would have nothing to do with it – James Wood mason and Stephen Mallins joiner had been waiting for me with money orders from Mr. Husband in a/c of the Stump X inn –came home with them a little before 3 – paid the former £10 in cash and the latter £24+ by check – Holt then came in, and sat talking a little while – Samuel Holdsworth has not yet signed the partnership deed between him and his nephews the 2 Holts (James Holt’s cousins) and, now that he has led them into sinking for his advantage, refuses signing! asked H- if he thought it possible to take the Spiggs water from me – oh no! William Keighley had wished asked Holt to persuade me to buy the Spiggs coal now underwater – H- said no! he would never mention it to me – it was of no use to me – we might all be dead and gone before it was loosed – told him I had had Hinscliffe and shewn him all over – out again at 3 10 with David Booth and Joseph Mann at the wheel-race 15 yards done out of the 60 yards of level to take up in the Long goit up to the Engine pit – then at the meer-drift head setting out the little bay till 6 ½ - dressed –

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dinner at 7 – tea – read aloud to A- the 1st book Dryden’s translation of the Aeneid till 10 – then wrote the first 17 ½ lines of today, and had John Booth up till 10 ½ - to tell him to go to Empsall’s early tomorrow morning for a hind quarter of lamb not sold on Saturday to be 6/. instead of 8/. as on Saturday – E- came to say I had promised to help him to mend his fence against Charles Howarth – said it was so long since I had forgotten it – all my rails now used up – gave him ½ a sovereign in full of all my promises – the price his own fixing – F37° at 10 pm – fine day –

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Friday 27 March 1835

8 50

11 ½

no kiss fine but dullish morning F47° at 9 ½ am - breakfast at 9 ½ to 10 ¼ - then ½ hour with my father - better than yesterday but not looking or being well - sat with A- in the blue room from 10 ½ to 11 1/2 reading from p. xxii to iv end of Introduction to Philip on the vital functions and the 2 first pp. of the work itself - then stood reading in my little dressing room Munro’s anatomy volume 2 on the heart and circulation till 2, except that had Joseph Mann from about 12 ½ to 1 - came to ask me about shooting down the stuff from the drift - ordered it to be put in the road and Pickells should move it to this side - speaking of Mr Rawson’s engine pit - JM said the pit down to the engine is 120 yards deep - from there to the Low bed= 44 yards that the engine now lifts or pumps the water 44 yards - it will have this +27 yards to lift to enable R- to get all Samuel Hall’s coal - R-‘s engine is at or near the top of the rag (120 yards deep) the same measure (i.e. stratum of rag) which is at the surface where I am going to sink my engine pit - R- not aware what an expensive job he will have nor how much water he will meet with – he must have a new engine – the one  (or rather 2 engines he has) will not pump the water - he having 27 yards of level to spend, supposing six yards of level to be lost per hundred yards breadth of coal, that will be 27/6 = 4 3/6 = 450 yards breadth of coal that he will loose -       

[diagram]                                    

p. pit mouth

E. engine

BC = depth of pit to engine = 116 yards

EC = ditto from engine to soft bed coal = 44 yards

CD = depth below the coal or level gained = 27 yards

ed = length of drift required to spend level at 6 yards loss per 100 = 450 yards

00 whimble holes.

while R- drives 2 heads along the coal ce. he drives his water level along de making whimble holes from ce. into de. to let off the water – all the coal of ce. is deb coal and to hurry up hill to c. from where the engines lift the coal as well as the water to E. from where galloways pull out 6 corves at [?] time to the bottom of hte old bank or to Swan banks.

at last I think I understand what R- is about - surely the above diagram makes it plain - out with A- at 2 - left her at the end of Sawood house lane at 2 40 - back in 20 minutes to Mytholm - a little while at Hannah Green’s - Aquilla’s wife shewed me the back places - said I would make them a little convenience for their cows - then with Throp junior and his 2 men in the Mytholm garden - then  with Pickells doing up the wall in Mallinson’s land near Breakneck - P- and Nathan there - advise me against buying stone of A- 6 or 7 yards of bearing - the bearing will cost me £20 to £30 before getting a stone - I had far better agree with Pollard or Turner for what I want - said Washington had put it into my head to buy stone of A- P- thinks he has some underhand motive - wants rubble perhaps for the road - said I would tell Holt not to put out handbills for letting A-‘s stone to get - then took P- to Mytholm garden about walling a little bit there - talk about enlarging the dam - off at 5 ¼ to meet A- met her in Water lane - soon afterwards met Washington - it seems A- herself has no road into the quarry but thro’ Miss Wadsworth’s leave! SW has had an application from her for wall stones! she has the right of road but no stone - A- has the stone but no right of road - SW to try to settle about this - A- would be glad to buy the farm belonging to Miss W- A- and I talked the matter over - I think of getting stone elsewhere - home at 6 1/4 - Turner came to be paid 40 stone posts at 1/6 - ordered 40 more such and told him to send me an estimate of what I wanted - carting and all - 4ft. 6in. rag bottoms not less than 3 in. thick and parpoints broad in the bed for arching - dinner at 6 ½ - coffee - sat talking downstairs and up - from 8 ¾ to 9 3/4  wrote the whole of today - fine day, but dullish - 20 minutes with my aunt till 10 5 pm at which hour F48°

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Monday 25 September 1837

6 ¾

11 40

fine morning – with A- at 7 ¾ in the north parlour till after 8 – then out about with Robert M- the last ½ hour till came in to breakfast at 9 ½ just before A- rode to Cliff Hill – breakfast and in and out with Booth till Holt came now at 11 and staid till 1 ½ - he seems now persuaded it is the dead water we have at the L.E.P. agrees with me, my uncle Joseph L- must have driven the drift to loose the coal he bought of Dr. Drake (in what is now Wilkinsons’ land) – had the estate plan and large plan down – explained and shewed Holt the line of great Mytholm throw he never knew so much about it before – is no convinced the L.E.P. ought not to be bottomed – thinks the 5ft. broad throw down in Pearson’s field near the E.P. not enough to keep back the dead water because the middle ban is driven quite thro’ at the end of the drift near Tilly holm stile – H- all for sinking the P.E.P. the 2 drifts from there to L.E.P. upper mine will be driven in a year – would rive one the main gate a good corve – gate 3ft. and the other 6in. smaller the vent gate 2ft. 6in. – the stuff to be buried inside – and the 2 drifts taken together to be driven for 2/6 per yard each that is 5/. per yard the 2 drifts – they would be done for less but not everybody would do them because it will be a wet job – would drive one of these drifts a good main gate because if I buy Dovehouse coal or, a great deal of coal will have to be hurried along this gate, viz. to vent the cross cuts to carry air for driving a straight main gate thro’ Dove house land – agreed that the P.E.P. could be vented as I proposed by a chimney at one end – and that there would be very little water so immediately under the throw (might be would be a little in the 36 yards band) .:. that the pit might be bottomed by Xmas for 40/. per yard would not be above 40 yards deep – the Long goit there 4 yards deep – so that pumping the water into it would leave 36 yards to pump, and at L.E.P. we should have to pump 32 yards – would have an engine that would pump 2 mine inch bore pumps tho’ thought with me that perhaps the present pumps might do – as soon as we had driven thro’ the throw, there would be coal for the engine – of course, the Engine would be wanted immediately on bottoming the pit if we could do without it till then – I think and H- did not deny that we might bottom the pit without it – calculated – agreed that the P.E.P. needed not delay the opening of the colliery as it would be done before the Incline – not to begin the latter till we saw the P.E.P. bottomed – the upper bed 17 yards deep near the brook at the Corner of Dodgson field next Mytholm Ing – the boring would take till next Saturday night �� a 6 horse engine (like the one ordered by Holt) would burn ten loads a day a 10 horse engine H- would have at P.E.P. suppose would burn 20 loads a day (but it would not burn above 18 loads a day) would cost 5d. (if I had them to buy) per load – but I had enough of my own in Wellroyde land that field the footpath goes thro’ at the low end (low as to the coal stratum but upper as to the surface) near the house – above an acre than that H- himself would give a hundred guineas for – would cost 3/. per score getting and my own cart would carry them –

suppose 5 loads in a yard .:.

4840 x 5 = 24200/20 = 1210 days consumption at 3/. per day (i.e. per score) = £181.10.0

1210/365 = 3 years + 115 days consumption say 3 ½ years or at the rate of £54.9.0 per annum.

then there is the carting worth say (at least) 2/. a day - + the coal getting = £72.10.9 per annum but if I had the coal to buy it would cost me 5/. + carting 2/. = 7/.per day = or

in fact the coal is worth £100 per annum  __________________ £91.0.0 per annum

Fireman at 16/. or 17/. per week say 17/: = £37.14.0 + £100 = £137.14.0 per annum exclusive of wear and tear – take there the expense of engine altogether at £150 per annum I said the great consideration was would the coal pay for this additional engine – would H- follow this plan if the coal was his own yes!   I must do this or give up the colliery and this would not do after spending so much money – but H- says I may cover the wheel with a building to hold

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20 large worsted frames (that will certainly let for £18 a piece) for £500 18 x 20 = £360 H- to speak to Matthew Naylor the man employed by Mr. Akroyde and by most people about mills, and to bring me the result on Monday morning – he and Joseph Mann to come together then and let the matter be talked over and settled – H- said they had got £30DW. in Southowram in 10 years – and they cleared £50 per collier – at 1st they paid Mr. Waddington for the coal £50 per collier but there was no peace – W. thought the colliers got too much and H- that they got too little so they agreed to pay by acre – H- pumped the water by a water wheel which cost £600 putting down –

I must have 30 colliers to clear £1500 a year – and then said I, remember I have agency to pay – yourself bottom-steward and banksman and at 3/4d. per load (a farthing a piece) this would make a difference – yes! but said H- in such a large concern, less than that would H- agreed I ought to have 10 pc. on outlay – but said I ought not to put all to the colliery that was laid out on the meer and water wheel

suppose £100 of what is now expense to belong to the collier + £4000 to be laid out

= £5000 fairly to be laid to the colliery should yield £500 per annum.

30 colliers = 5 acres and at £200 per acre = £1000 -------------

this would do very well but I doubt that thus much  1500

would ever reach my pocket – nous verrons?

I certainly ought to make something of my coal-loose besides the coal itself

Mr. Rawson has now 13 colliers getting soft bed and 5 getting upper bed

can he clear £50 per collier? (H- had 10 colliers and cleared £500 a year)

talked over the pheying thro’ the old works to the whole upper bed coal – shewed H- that we should properly have 400 yards to go – then he would let it alone and I agreed – there would be a main gate to phey and wall and arch at 5/. per yard and a vent gate to phey at 3/. per yard and 8/. x 400 ? £160. same this for the present mentioned having offered Joseph M- Franks’ cottage at Mytholm

H- thinks ? he will not take it on account of distance from the mill where his daughter work and says a worsted mill at Listerwick would be a great advantage!

Summary Boring down to upper bed will be 17 yards deep and not done till next Saturday night

P.E.P. may be bottomed by Xmas 40 yards at 40/. = £80 towards which £50 saved it not L.E.P. bottoming

2 gates (main and vent) at 2/6 each = 5/. per yard for the 2 coal will pay for driving and rails

Listerwick wheel will turn 20 worsted frames at £18 = £360 building to cost £500

the Incline will cost £3000 + £1000 other matters + £1000 of what is already

expense = £5000 to be laid on the colliery –

H- cleared £50 per collier – I have agency to pay but less than ¾d. per load will pay it

Pheying 2 gates to whole coal in upper bed 400 yards at 8/. = £160. given up

on considering the line of great Mytham throw on the great plan as found in Lower place field called the Park, and on sinking a well near Northowram hall in Mrs. Lancashire’s land (ordered about for her by Holt himself) it seems that Wilsons’ engine is on the low side (dry side – easy side) the throw – he has only water to keep it going 6 hours a day – the throw that appears just above quarry house in Stocks’ quarries, and quite alters the stone, is probably the great Mytham throw? vide – about 1/3 of W-‘s coal seems to be above (west of) the throw, and if he drives thro’ the throw to get this 1/3 of his coal . he loses all the Northowram coal Stocks’ and the Long Companys’ etc. and must pump for them all – Had Holt from 11 to 1 ½ then stood musing over the large plan till 2 ¾ - then out about for ½ hour then till now 4 50 wrote all the above of today – making memoranda in rough book till after 5 –

washed and out at

out at 5 20 Thomas Pearson having sent for the new oak gate I gave him the other day – out about till 6 ½ - dressed – A- returned at 6 ¾ - cold and quite dusk – far too late for her to be out – dinner at 7 20 coffee (no newspaper) – A- and I upstairs at 9 ¾ - 10 minutes with her in her room then till 10 20 in my study looking at map of Spain – having read 32pp. (from p. 182 to 214) vol. 2 Anonymous travels in Gallicia etc- and account of the Basque provinces – interesting enough – fine day tho’ heavy shower between 12 and 1 – F48° now at 10 20 pm then till 10 50 read from p. 132. to 151 on fossil fuel and collieries

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Tuesday 3 January 1837

8 10

2 25

No kiss a few drops of rain? on my study window – but fine and F35 ½° at 9 ¼ at which hour breakfast – A- did her French – sat talking till 10 ½ - read last nights’ London paper – out at 11 ½ - a little with the gardener + 1 (Robert Mann’s Mitchell) leveling after the Beaumont-mill carts – then with Joseph Mann + 5? filling my own 3 one horse cart (the old bay and Buffler and the gray) carting the Logn goit scale to under Mytholm bridge where the skin pits were – Robert Mann got a sadly hurt yesterday shooting up Bufflers’ cart – the horse started – R-‘s wrist caught by the cart and almost broken – Joseph M- thinks the scale will be all got away on the far Mytholm Ing side the goit this week – he gave me their estimate of the colliery work – the Listerwick Incline at 35/. per running yard 6ft. high and 6ft.broad

the platform at 2/6 stuff getting out and carting and mounding per yard cube

walling and arching the Incline finding stones and extra room making at 30/. per running yard

Listerwick pit sinking at 25/. per yard not to find stones or wood

Drifts for rag water, middle band water, and wawter for Engine, at 4/. per yard

told Joseph that if I did not clear £300 per acre by the coal, it would not pay me – told him what had passed with Mr. Greenwood about driving in the drift band in Godley lane – told Joseph to consider what getting that water would cost me, and whether it would be better to get the privilege if I could, or not –

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then sometime with the gardener (met him returning from dinner before (about) 1) – levelling after the Beaumont mill carts, and then Robert Mann coming stood talking to him and brought him to the house – met the Vicar and his 2 little boys coming along the Lodge road – apologized for taking the liberty of taking a walk along my grounds – asked him in – he sorry he could not call today – I very civil – walked with them to the present entrance gates – mentioned the Emperor of Russia having sent for Mr. Gray – had therefore been obliged to do all myself – then returned with Robert Mann – A- passed us about 2 going to Cliff Hill and the school, back before 5 –  had RM- in the upper kitchen and south parlour till Mr. Freeman and his 2 little boys came about (before) 4 and staid an hour – Long talk with RM- about the colliery – it would not pay me under clear £300 per acre – whatever was above that would be benefit – he had no doubt of its making that – said Holt had explained his plan about driving the heads – very good plan – the coal would do more than pay – H- meant to rake a ft. or 18in. on each side for the coal, and fill up with scale ½ small scale and ½ scale-walling – this would do very well –

ask what the Manns will drive for, and what they will take the coal at –

head drift 4ft. wide and 18in. of rake on each side = 7ft. of coal

say 6ft. or 2 yards of coal per running yard of head averaging the bed at 18in. thick/4 = 4 ½ corves per yard = 9 corves per running yard of head

9 corves at 8d. = 6/. per running yard

and the heads ought to be driven at 4/. per running yard .:. the coal in the heads ought to leave me 2/. per yard

RM- thinks I had better get the privilege of driving in the dirt band in Godley road if I can – there will be plenty of water got there for my engine, and got at less expense than water in my own land –

now that he has his left arm in a sling, thinks he had best see about when the Bowling Engineer will come over – and that he had best speak to Mr. Greenwood – to all which I said very well sticks to be set up to shew the Engineer the line he is to take – talked of bringing the Incline in a line just under the draw-well – RM- says Stocks will have great difficulty in getting a loose for his Micklemoss coal – must get it thro’ burnt wood, must come out in the bottom of that hollow there – burnt wood is in that branch valley near the head of Shibden dale that runs up to the North east

Stocks will have a great many people to agree with – perhaps he is waiting for the railroad – but the new  line now proposed – to go near Raggolds Inn will do S- no good – S- will have done all the coal he now has loose in 5 or 6 years – Wilson’s loose would suit S- the best – he will get hold of it if he can – then talked over Mr. Rawson’s colliery – his engine now pumps the water 40 yards – and the new level he is going to fetch up will be to pump for 30 yards deeper .:. he will have 70 yards to pump – the sinking and driving to be let by ticket in the spring – Illingworth thinks there will be little or no water in the rag below the Low (or soft) bed coal – RM- has often driven it and never found it otherwise than full of water – I- wants the Manns to put in a ticket for the job – but that they never would do, if they had not a stroke of work, and did not where to get any – RM- thinks the job is more difficult than I- believes – and RM says it will be almost impossible to do it – the M-s would not venture themselves the noise of the Engine and the ‘sooing’ of the water will prevent their being able to hear themselves speak – danger might come up them at unawares – they could hear nothing – In fact RM- evidently thinks the job very dangerous – he gave me the following account of the measures below the Low or soft bed which he thinks tolerably correct – the dashes under the word water mark the relative quantity generally meet with in sinking                        

RM- thinks when the Listerwick engine pit is down at the hard bed, the Listerwick pit being also down at the hard bed, it will be best to drive heads In it between the 2 pits – these may be going on while they are sinking the Engine pit down to the low bed and the 2 hard bed heads may be carried forward from Listerwick pit to somewhere where we can afterwards come up with them from the Incline – the old hard-water head bed must be found out – we must find this and where the hard bed was loosed from before we can tell what Rawson can or cannot have got

RM was with me (and sent him off) in the south parlour where Mr. Freeman (vid. line 7. last p.) came – told F- I wanted to consult him about the stone in the yew trees stubbing – mentioned that Mark Hepworth had offered me 4/. per yard for it – about ½ acre and I had understood MH- he would pay for it down -  F- said it was well worth that – he would give me 4/6 per yard – but MH- could not get it – it should be loosed thro’ Mr. Macaulay’s wood – MH- could not get the loose – F- could thro’ old Mitchell who was steward both to F- and to the M-s the stone would not be worth getting away at the top i.e. thro’ the stubbing itself – I said MH- had said he would give

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me whatever F- gave me for the yew trees wood stone F- said it was a better quarry than his – I said I had said nothing about the price F- gave me but yet MH- had soon afterwards bid me 4/. – F- said he had never told him what he (F-) paid – I brought down the plan and F- marked off the stone – thinks there will be ½ an acre – MH- had often spoken to him about it but it was 2 or 3 years ago – when the face was open – now, as I understood him, it was not open – F- said he would examine it – I asked if he would give me a price down – no! he could not give that price down (i.e. 4/6 per yard) – and then seemed to say he could not be bound to a price till he had examined the stone which he would do when the weather permitted – I said we were neither of us bound by anything said now – I would consider about it – would make up mind whether to sell the note or not – but the money would be useful to me now – then talked of the Banks – he said out 2 and the one at Huffersfield of the strongest in England – I said what two – the old two or the new two? (we have 4) – the old one said he (Rothwell’s and Stocks’ (and Mr. Abbott a principal Direcotr)) is one of the weakest! – might well pay the proprietors 15pc. – they had but £15,000 offered up capital, as It appeared from the examination given in the public newspapers a year, or year and ½ ago – (vid. Herald of that time) – I expressed my surprise – F- said he had never bought any shares but his friends had got them for him – he could just now have £10,000 premium on his – Perhaps said I, you are not aware that the property of every proprietor is locked up, and cannot be disposed of for 3 years after his death, if any single proprietor objects to its being disposed of sooner – F- looked said this depended upon the deed of settlement – yes! said under the act of Parliament – I have pretty good authority for what I say – but you can inquire into it – ‘I’ll not forget it’ said F- evidently struck by remark – I hope poor F- has not been gulled by the Rawsons – when he said their joint stock bank here and at Huddersfield were 2 of the strongest in England – some of richest men in England proprietors – I merely answered I am very glad to hear it – this reminds me of Mr. Jubb’s delight in telling us that the Huddersfield bank cleared £20,000 (surely it was no more!) a year – F- said many people were now in want of money – I should be surprised at some of them – no! not more surprised than I am to find myself in want of it – Can you help me? I only want the help till the 30th of April next – a thousand or two will do – yes! said F- very handsomely you shall have it – which ever sum you will – but I should give a week’s notice to the Bank I said I was really much obliged – of course it would be at 5pc. yes! – how? on bond – expense that said I should be glad to avoid – will you take bills at 3 or 4 months’ on the Yorkshire District Bank – yes! that would save him £3+ for the money could be transferred – R- to pay to F-‘s account in the District Bank, and the D. B. to credit me – F- did not wish R- to know anything about it – if he (F-) did a kindness he did not wish it to be known – but perhaps I should name it – I had told George N- of his F- having lent me money! – I stared – yes! but what must have led to it? I was told you had said I had promised you the Upper Place stone nobody else could have it – you had papers – I was vexed and said what! do you meant say that Mr. F- said he had my papers – never said I – nor he nor anybody else – but whatever paper he had has been cancelled long since – now said I (Mr. F-) it was not George N- who made use of the word papers, but it came to me round about it – F- declared he had never said anything such – I believe you but you must allow for my being vexed at the moment – F- will call again in about a week – we shook hands – and I told him he had obliged me very much – then came up to A- and told her what had passed – sat talking – opened the packet that came from Mr. Parker last night containing the rough draft of Womersley’s lease, and Aquilla Green’s lease – (not Hainsworth because I had never signed it) and a note from Mr. Parker saying he had sent Mr. Turner’s letter  for Mr. Graham much obliged by my [?] with his request and promising £500 as soon as possible after the 4th instant – and saying that he (P-) had that morning (yesterday morning) had Mr. Jeremiah Rawson to know if I was disposed to sell him any coal! P- merely answered he would communicate to me the application ‘he talked of a lease of 21 years’ !!!! A- and I astonished – probably Mr. Parker himself was not prepared for such an application for such a quarter – Dinner at 6 ½ -  coffee upstairs – no newspaper no letters – note from Mr. Mackean with my banking book – Balance against me £2369.9.8 about £230 more than I expected or made out! vid. respectful compliments ‘it will be perfectly agreeable to enter into the engagement proposed………… that I cause ‘£3000 to be paid for one credit at York and the Bank furnishes with bills a 3m/c for a similar amount’  (3m/c means 3 months/cash?)  I must explain that I have managed another way – that I would rather not ask for any sum from Mr. B- as proposed to Mr. G- yesterday till 11 55 wrote all the journal of today – fine day – yet thaw began gently last night and continued gently today – looked over A-‘s school-rules which she had just written out to be printed – F34° now at 12 55 tonight

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Tuesday 15 May 1838

6 10/..

12 35/..

rainy morning F56° at 7 10 – breakfast, and off to visiter les travaux intérieurs de la houillère  de Ste. Marguerite at 8 10 – drove there in 6 minutes the staith being just out of the barrier ......... (right) – commodious yard, sheds etc not many coals up – 3 long brick chimneys – for the pumping engine 100 horse power works (pumps) 48 hours per week – the pulling engine 40 horse power – and the air chimney or vent – shewn into the bureau of the clerk or accountant or what? very civil man –expecting us – we had thought of going down in the panier – the clerk evidently for our going down by the echelles – (ladders) – more safe – had known accidents happen the other way – the chain had broken it seemed some onetime or more since the putting up of the engine – perhaps he thought we should feel sick en descendant – for A-‘s sake he was right – we had brought each a blue blouse from the hotel  and A- a casquette and I my velvet travelling cap (my Mt. Perdu cap given by Lady S. de R-) I gladly took a miners’ leather hat offered by the clerk – the gown well tied up right round the waste [waist] under the blouse and a Davy or safety lamp tied with a strongish cord round our middle 2 doll figures (accompanied by a man and intelligent French speaking youth belonging to the establishment and within his old coat and cap) down we set off at 8 ½ by the ladders common ladders but very good and safe – I should guess the steps to be about 18in. long sticks and about 12 in. distant from each other –

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 and perhaps the ladders about 5 yards long? – we got down very well for several ladders till my lamp (quincaille) not being fast enough tied, slipped off and fell down 3 or 4 ladders with a great noise which (poor A- not understanding) rather unnerved her – the lad went 1st then I, then A- and then the man, then George – we could not have fallen down more than 1 ladder even had we slipped for at the foot of each ladder is  a narrow landing as at a, c, e so that we might have fallen without being killed or even very much hurt – but on turning into one of the souterrains at the foot I think the land said the 17th ladder (the depth however = 120 metres = 240 yards +) A- seemed tired and complained of great fatigue in her arms – (she had leaned too much on them in taking hold of the steps as she descended) and after examining the passage where we were (along the last 2/3 of the ladders it had been very wet from the drip of the sides of the excavation) she thought she had better return as we had not descended to ½ the depth – she was right – I put her under the especial care of the man – he returned with her quite safely and I found her just washed and dressed and comfortable on my return home – she said the returning was much less fatiguing than going down and she really did not seem very much tired – however she was poorly sometime afterwards from about 1 ½ till after 4 when we went to see the opening of the exposition of pictures at the musée old church of St. André – said she did not feel quite well on getting up this morning – as soon as I had seen A- well off en route au jour , I and the lad and George set off again downwards – and at 9 20 we were at the bottom  our speed having nearly doubled since poor A- had left us – I felt as if I had got into the habit of going down, and as if sorry that the 140ft. below us could not be visited because full of water – old works – the reservoir for the water in the intervals of pumping –we had arrived at the lading place at the bottom of the shaft at 9 20 – where the men were unloading the little wagons dragged by men the 1st 80 yards from where got up to the Galloway gate where the horses (15 hands high – 4 ½ ft. of this country or France) dragged waggons 4 at a time to the lading place 8 or 9ft. high a sort of cavern where about 4 men had charge of the un-lading and re-lading into waggon holding 2 of the others ready for the pulling up – we visited les écuries – 15 horses – and looked about – then proceeded some way along the Galloway gate – which except in the higher parts every now and then and where the waggons could pass – might be about 5ft. high and 6ft. wide for some distance the roof was timbered by the greater part was quite sufficient to support itself – a close hard smooth scale [widening] cut the right bate of the stone (according to the national cleavage) – it was extremely hot  - and the road a little sludgy – we were soon put into a train of empty return waggons, and went the rest of the way very agreeably tho’ rather joltingly – a distance of 800 metres from the lading place to where the men were working – about ½ dozen in that spot – others working in different places communicating with this main gate – which might be in general about 5ft. high and 6ft. wide – and perhaps 6ft. high and 8ft. wide and sometimes more in the passing places, where the men often changed the horses from the one train to the other – the bed where we descended to the quatre pieds (the lowest working) was not always of so great thickness the ‘veine’called ‘morais’ is the nest above this – In the 4 pieds bed, the bottom steward told me (he joined us on our getting to the bottom and is the father of the lad who had descended with us) that a man would get fourteen of the small waggons a day = seven of the large waggons which might hold perhaps four of our corves .:. a man would get 28 corves a day, working from 3am to noon = nine hours, and reckon the 28 corves = 3 tons for which he is paid 38 sols – or, the bottom steward said, 38 sols a day – and he himself had four florin a day = about 8 fr. 160 sols – but then he has the superintendence of all the workings and altogether about 150 men employed and under his management – I did not learn how many in the 4 pieds – or how many in the marais or next bed above – about 100 men get coal – and he afterwards said about 70 were employed from 12 at noon (I suppose till 9 which would be this shift or time of working) in making and keeping in repair the roads etc. (straight work? etc) Returned dans le panier – the great square box that would hold 2 of the smaller waggons? or more for it held the bottom steward and lad and myself and George very commodiously and was about breast high – perhaps 4ft. or ft. 6in. square and about 4ft. or 4ft. 6in. deep? – I was too much tired up to get easily to my watch but the man said we should be drawn up in 6 minutes and it seemed about that time and I was at the top again at 11 25 – I should think the pit must be about 5 yards by 3 ½ to 4 yards? – I think we passed 4 openings, or workings opening into the pit – very little tubbing and very nice dry shaft – an [apparently] about 3/4in. iron rod from top to bottom pulls (rings) a bell at the top by which means they know when to let down the panier and when not – a terribly dirty figure and my blouse wet, as also my black stuff petticoat all below the blouse – washed my face and hands put on my cloak to cover all, and went into the bureau with my friend the bottom steward to see the plan of the workings – very extensive – but I could make no near guess as to the quantity of ground worked – perhaps double the length of the Galloway gate or main gate by ½ its length in breadth or 1600 metres x 400 =........ gave the clerk 20fr. and he immediately gave the ½ of it in my presence to the bottom steward, the latter seemed exceedingly pleased, the former said his thank-you so that I fancied he had expected more, but on afterwards asking our landlord, I found I had paid handsomely – the carriage was waiting for me – home at 12 and ordered a fire – A- very glad to see me back – I was more wet from heat than from the water that had fallen on me – had everything to change, and so begin getting all my things out and dressing that it was 2 before I was quite dressed again – then got our boiler to make hot wine and water for A- who was now beginning to be poorly and M. Mathiolis’ coming and talking very loud for an hour knocked her up – shewed him our water boiler and he shewed us a coffee-maker – a sort of still heated by spirit of wine – had cost him 40/. and the silver plates for strainers (tin not good for coffee to stand long in) perhaps would be 10/. more – had not paid for them – Madame Mathioli to go with us at 4 to see the opening of the exhibition of pictures at the musée (old church of St- Andrè) – went to the bookseller in the corner of this Place (St. Lambert) Jacques Desoer for ¼ hour

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and bought Granvilles’ Spas of Germany 2 vols. 12mo. 7fr. then with our host and hostess at 4 25 for 1 ½ hour to see the pictures and company – the former not particularly good – the latter the elite of the people in Liège – the burgomaster read a discourse of several pages which lasted about near ½ hour – sitting at a table of green with the governor of the town on his right, and several other gentlemen seated at the table, among the colonel (in uniform) commanding the regiment of Chasseurs now here several ladies seated on chairs ranged at a little distance round the table – unluckily I had not got a chair so that A- and I and our host and hostess all the while – a band of music played at intervals – I was glad of his opportunity of seeing the people – never saw a plainer set of ladies – not one pretty – from the musée M. and Madame M- took us to see the small but very choice collection of pictures at the house of comte d’Outrement (the comte himself at Rome now) – a good Murillo (Madonna and child a Madonna by Guido Remi – a couple of Titians – ditto ditto of Rubens etc. – then looked at M. Mathiolis’ Murillo – would sell it for 1600fr. – a Mr. Alexander Morro had bid him 1500fr. – shewed us his Anglo-French letter – a Mr. William Bolton clericus at Bruges had offered 2000 fr. but on conditions no accepted – shewed us his terribly bad French letter – then went to the bookseller to pay for the Saps of Germany – home at 7 – good dinner (much better than yesterday) at 7 ½ to 9 then A- and I asleep for an hour – had nearly finished our yesterday’s bottle of Hermitage blanc, and drank a demie bouteille of champagne – A- had Oddy – we then set off, and ate 7 oranges a piece after which A- too two pills till 11 20 at which hour F56° - rainy morning till about 9 am afterwards fair finish day

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Monday 9 April 1838: SH:7/ML/E/21/0073

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finish morning dry – F41° at 9 am breakfast at 9 20 having sat reading a page or 2 of Bakewells’ geology to p. 53. off at 10 to Sun wood quarry to meet SW. about the quarry road making should have been there at 10 – arrived at 10 50 interrupted in going – saw George Naylor sawing up old oak at Listerwick E. pit sawign pit for frame for top of tubbing – and then stopt by Joshua Mann who had set 2 men baring rubbish off stone at Hipperholme quarry – settled with SW. about the road – about 20 yards length to be made as agreed for 18/. SW. said 15/. Hartley said 20/. – agreed to give 18/. – Hardcastle there – SW. valued the damages I had done his land in making my fence-wall round the wood – 600 yards land damages at 1/2d. = 25/. Hardcastle asked 30/. well said SW. there will be seeds and a bit of tillage, so without a word I gave H- a sovereign and ½ - then with SW. at Hipperholme quarry till A- rode past – went off with her to Brooks’ farm – had Sternwhite with us – his proposal for the farm the house to be turned into a ladies’ boarding school and kept by his unmarried son and daughter! Mr. Beaumont had just before applied to A- for the place – with A- till near one – then returned by Listerwick pit and then down from there to the meer – Robert Mann + 5 at the meer-embankment breach making up – George Naylors’ cart leading clay to the great sycamore one filler – It seems part of the Northgate rubbish came the shop-site (in my own hands whence the rubbish was not necessary to be removed) – and Greenwood now had it full of stones and hewers! – I said he had no leave from me – I should go and see about this, and after coming home for a moment off I went by the back road down the new bank to Northgate – true enough G- had made a regular masons’ yard of the place – one mason hewing – asked by whose orders – G-‘s – I said I should have all the stone off from there – went off for Booth – saw his foreman Edward – he thought G- had leave – no! gave orders about the wall at the top of the top court – when it was got up to the height of the square of the adjoining stable ordered pillars of walling to be carried up against the windows and the street-ends to be walled up – apologized to Mr. Crossland for G-‘s having set masons to work there – C- thought G- had my leave – certainly not – then went in to Mrs. Crossland, and looked over the house with her – neatly furnished – they have already about ten servants – left with Mrs. C- ½ sovereign for them – home a few minutes before 4 – found Booth here – explained about G- said I held B- responsible for getting all the stones cleared off and the doors locked as soon as possible – G- had told B- he had taken the place!!! this an absolute [?] – said he had asked my leave to put a long or two of mahogany there – but I had said I meant Mr. Crossland to have the use of this bit if anybody had – that I would think about it, and at any rate speak to Mr. C- 1st – G- said he should have the taxes to pay for it; but to be sure that would not be much – as it is, I will tell SW. to get the taxes of this shop-site entered in my name – and G- shall neither put mahogany nor anything else there – Mr. Crossland was coming up to Shibden hall about lighting the casino – I saw he wanted me to be at the expense of this – which I declined saying that I had calculated for a loss upon the place which I should have thought sufficient – but it had been quadrupled, and I really should be at no more expense that could possibly be avoided – talked over the Engine house with B- his estate £136.10.0!!! 50 roods double walling at 25/. – reckoning 9/. for lime and sand and labour of walling and 16/. for stone and carting – from Sun wood quarry to Listerwick pit a cart would go six times a day (only went 10 times from Hipperholme quarry to the wheelrace) and one horse could only carry ¼ rood or 2 rows at a time up that hill and should have 5/6 a day for stone leading – had paid that to Simeon Shaw – but said one horse might take 3 rows to the bottom of the hill than throw one row off and pick the stone up again at last – he reckoned

worth of the stone per rood 3.0.

getting 3.0

dressing (insides 3/. outsides 7/.) say ½ and ½   5.0

carting 6 times a day 2 rows at a time = 1 ½ rood for 5/6 = per rood 3.8

14.8 + 9/. = 24/8 value of a rood of walling –

B- calculated chimney 3ft. wide and 4ft. high to the [?] of the arch labour of walling and lime and sand 4/6 per running yard and stone 5/. per ditto ditto – stuff taking out 6ft. wide and 6ft. deep at 4d. per cube yard = ¼ per running yard and carting away and damages say altogether ¼ + 3/8 =5/. + 9/6 = say 15 shillings per running for 50 yards of chimney – but say 50 yards chimney at 20/. .:. £136 + £12 for the roof + 50 for the chimney = £198 say £200 for the engine house

mentioned to B- the idea that came into my head this morning or last night of carrying the chimney gradually up along the back of a line of cottages – say 6 cottages 6 yards = 36 yards length of chimney – B- thought he could perhaps turn me the key of the cottages at £60 each and they ought to let for £4.10.0 each at least – say £5 each –

60x60 =  £360 for £30 per annum or at least £27 per annum – this to be considered about – then after having kept them waiting sometime had in Messrs. Holt and Garforth – on calculating it seemed that the endless chain would be 60x4 =240 yards – each link would weigh 4lbs. at 7d. of which 3 links or 12 lbs. = 1 yard in length or 7/. per yard

or 240 yards at 7/. = £84

engine 240

extra work by Garforth 40

Boiler  55

Boiler house and chimney 200

619

I said £619 was terrible – Garforth then said he had been at Colne to see a new concern, and mentioned some improvements – he thought an endless chain very expensive and not so good as he [the] way he had seen – there would be a great deal of strain on the endless chain – G- explained – could pull 1 corve per minute his way, and there would be no harm to the engine in stopping it at every corve landing – there was a little contrivance for merely throwing the corve pulling part out of geer without disturbing the engine – All agreed this plan was the best – it seemed as it would save £100 – G-s former estate would then stand good engine £240 all the rest of his job £95 head geer about £25 to £30 – Boiler £55 engine house and chimney £200 = £620! how is this – I see no saving in it – However G- to send a fresh plan to Booth on Thursday and they (G- and B-) and Holt to be he [here] at 3pm on Saturday next to see if we can settle the matter – Called Holt out – told him this was terrible – the Manns job would cost £500 more and this + £600 would make the outlay

 240

95

30

55

200

620

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the outlay on the colliery = £5500 – he had best talk to John Oates and see what he H- or they could afford to guarantee me per acre – H- said more than 4 acres a year could not be sold – I said – no! but could 3 acres a year be sold – I wanted to know whether I should be paid before I threw away more money – I ought to have £150 per acre for my coal – this was always talked off even in the business with Mr. Norris – and I ought to have 10 pc. on outlay – that on 3 acres = £450 + £550 = £100 a year – H- to consider of this – I would rather avoid a public letting if I could – but I really must do some way – A- [H-] to be here on Wednesday afternoon and let me know the result of his consideration – A- saw him gave him the measurements for which Illingworth had to pay acreage and desired Holt to make out the account of what was done and told him to see on Wednesday what Mrs. Walker (of Lidget) ought to pay for A-‘s allowing Hinscliffe to put Hannah W-‘s coal up at A-‘s pit – It was near 7 when they all went – dressed – dinner at 7 5 unlucky just before leaving the dining room laughed and said nobody flattered me so little or scolded me so much as she did she said I had said enough she would consider of it and got wrong from that moment we came into the north parlour and from then to now from leaving the dining room to now 10 20 except a minute in the west tower the framing against the stairs fixed up today – the end top pannel put in and the floor of the cupboards laid, but no more – A- went to bed at 10 10 leaving me to make coffee for myself – had 2 cups as usual and came upstairs at 10 25 at which hour F35° - finish but dullish day –went in to A- found her in bed and Cookson curling her hair asked if she would some hot wine and water no was the answer in that well known tone of temper I cannot now mistake surely it is impossible to get on with her but I really take it calmly nowadays – sat reading ½ hour from p. 53 to 67 Bakewells’ geology till 11 5 –

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Saturday 14 March 1835: SH:7/ML/E/17/0180

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No kiss -rainy morning - ready in ¾ hour. Nice little motion the first since Wednesday. F45° at 8 ¾ at which hour went down to Mark Hepworth who had brought his wood waggon to bring the remaining larches from Lee lane - Sent Charles and James H- with him to help him to loaden - then a little while with John Mann who will come in to speak to me this afternoon - Holt’s plans not good - this vent-pit money thrown away - said I knew that well enough - but I should say nothing and have it filled up - breakfast at 9 ¼ in ½ hour - skimming over Cabinet Lawyer then had Mr Washington ¼ hour till 10 ¾ - left him with A- he brought me plan of the value and brook from Mytholm to Stump X Inn - the Shibden Mill dam is 3 roads and the people can draw it off in 3 hours - told W- to give me his valuation of Wellroyde and Mytholm Stag’s head - skimming over Cabinet Lawyer till 11 10 raining till now about (11 10) - Off down the old bank to Halifax at 11 20 near ¾ hour at Mr Parker’s office - had heard that the old Duke public house at the bottom of Petticoat Lane might be to be sold - must he inquire about it - yes! and explained and bade him inquire at the Lower George and that cottage in Northgate belonging to Messrs. Wetherherd Bateman and c° - Mr Adam mentioned the Rose and Crown being to be sold - I feared that might be too large a purchase but begged it to be inquire about - they will try for the opening thro’ Rawson’s wood yard into my Northgate land - explained a little of my building plan - they seemed much pleased at the idea of the larger dining room with small tables to bolt together and colonnade and orchestra over one end of the room and 2 rows of single bedded rooms over the dining room - explained about my note of yesterday respecting Mr Jeremiah Dyson -a copy of it to be sent to Mr James Norris - and the act according to his answer - at any rate could post Mr JD- explained the sort of hand-bills I would put keeping myself very safe from all risk of libel - Mr P- seemed quite satisfied and so did Mr A- then to Whitley’s for a minute or two - then to Russell’s and got my maclean watch from cleaning - a good one but one old - he called 20 years old - long while there - he explained about watches - could get a good common one (with glass and silver hunting case over it) for £4 for George if I consider to give him one - returned up the old bank to John Bottomely’s - the water drift seems to answer now the 40 yards lead pipe are set  - a good and constant supply of water so far - then up the Whiskum road to look at Richard Woodhead’s railing of the Mark Town’s road - then to Walker pit - Nathan and John Pickells and the great hired lad shifting stuff for gin-race - then home about 2 1/2  - talking to A- till 3 then out with her in the walk till John Mann came and had him from 3 35 to 6 25 - Long preliminary talk and the large plan open before us - talk about R-‘s colliery - said not a word to let out my right  of being about Machan’s coal but just asked as if supposing R- had bought it how I should manage to look after his trespass on my coal in Marsh farm - no way but an authority from chancery to go down into R-‘s pits - Oh! Oh! thought I, and said nothing - that wont do - In fact I knew as much before and am determined to buy this coal if I can – Holt, JM- agrees, is as honest as any of them but not as clever - his plans about the coal here not good - the Tilley holm-vent pit of no use - consults with the Manns, and gives in - said I knew all this - and now began to plan for myself - but much obliged to JM- said I and attended much to what he said - I had no thought of going according to some of Holt’s plans - had now plans of my own but said nothing about some of them - it seems I might buy Joseph Wilkinson’s coal if I chose - no! said I - that would not do for me - JM- said ‘well! if you live, you’ll get it at last’ - Wilson will be in York castle before 6 months’ end and Norris will get the Engine - well! said I let him have it - I would not take it for noting if bound to work it - JM- said I could not get 4 acres a year till Swales moor coals were done - I said I thought I could before the 6 years’ end - well! said JM- the Swales moor coal will be done by them - he told me he was witness to the agreement (never named it to any one before) and R- gave Hinscliffe £150 for his ½ of the waste coals and £10 for the rails left in the workings - From the checker to R-‘s present engine-pit there are 12 yards of coal-drift

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so that get so far (as far as his engine pit) his engine has 12 yards to pump, but it both pumps the water and draws up the scoops or corves of coal to the engine pit where six at a time are yoked together to one galloway that pulls them out at Swan banks or bottom of Southowram bank as wanted - R- can get 25 yards more dip if he spends that level and pumps the water into the present level - (then he will have 12 + 25 yards = 37 yards to pump) - .:. if he can get 25 yards more dip, that is (for the coal dips one yard in 17)  breadth of 25x17 = 425 yards - so that he cannot get a breadth of 500 yards from his engine pit as Holt told .:. he cannot get so much as 25 acres of Samuel Halls’ coal - then talked of plan for my own coal, and drifts - JM- is afraid of the old upper bed water level - long talk - 1st to put the Engine pit on this side the brook - then even to get it up the top side of Pearson’s sown holme in a line with the present proposed water level - at some distance below the new footpath stile between Dolt and Sown holm then we saw the difficulties about the water channel to get the fall upon the wheel - then went back to having the Engine pit close to the coffin Lane bridge and but 4 or 5 yards on this side of the brook - the wheel will be 12 or 14 yards in diameter? - water goit that pours the water on to the wheel will be 4 yards above the present surface of the ground at coffin bridge end - that is I must have a building or planting to something 4 yards higher than the present surface to hide the outlet of the water upon the wheel - dinner at 6 ¾ in a hurry for Mr Jubb came - explained my aunt how to use the vapour bath he sent (and which John brought this morning) - then did up my wrist again - too weak to go without another bandage but doing well - explained about the castor oil taken on Wednesday - advised ½ the dose in future or quarters would I take a digestive pill of aloes and myrrh before dinner (it would just produce one solid stool) - said I disliked all medicines - would bathing the bottom of the back with salt and water or vinegar and water and having friction do good? yes! friction for 8 or 10 minutes (after a bathing of this kind) before a fire often did good to the bowels where medicines would not act - I am right to take so much exercise - mentioned my father’s bowels being formerly in the same sort of the way - I thought his water on the chest might be the result - he said this was probable - asked what he would call the sort of thing I complained of - constipation - the absorbents absorbed all the liquid and left the dry [οκύςαλον?] lumps, the scybalous matter - Mr Jubb went away at 7 ¾ then coffee - then looking over with A- the 15 plans SW sent her this afternoon by George - the plans are each comprehending as much land as lies together or nearly so - with my aunt from 9 ¾ to 10 - from then to 10 55 wrote all but the 1st 9 lines of today - fine day F48° now at 10 55 pm

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Saturday 14 July 1832

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rain in the night – dullish finish morning and F68° at 7 ¼ - out in an hour – at Park farm – breakfast a little before 9 with my father in ½ hour - very kind letter 3 pages and ends from Mrs Norcliffe – IN- passes thro’ York on Monday but to seep at Tadcaster on account of the cholera – CN- and Mrs Milne follow on Tuesday - not to sleep in London but somewhere near and then go to Southampton and the Isle  of Wright, Jersey and Guernsey ‘but then do to Calais and so to dear Rouen’ - Mrs N- hopes to see me at Langton again before I go abroad  - lord Granthams’ oldest daughter said to be going to marry Lord Morpett – out again at 10 – Got William Green to lead us 5 loads of tops (i.e. about 40 yards of tops) at Park farm – some time

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with Matty at the Cunnery speaking of Greenwood – to begin on Monday to go to the post for the daily newspapers Matty thought if I gave him 5/. a month and I said I would give him 6/. would see whether he would be likely to learn to do for me as my servant or not – this had been talked of the 2 or 3 last times I saw Matty – then measuring how much new sunk walling there should be in the hall wood – in my walk pulling up [quicks] till between 3 and 4 when called home to James Holt – they could not agree about the coals on Wednesday – but only John Oates and Hinchcliffe junior there – Mr. Briggs thought they ought to pay £75 they (Oates in particular) would only pay £50 of course Holt could not take it but with my consent would take 60 guineas rather than any nonsense, about it – and to this I consented – they are to meet at H-x this evening – Hinchcliffe junior said they could give as much as before (£200 or upwards) for the coal on the top of the hill, but, on hearing that I would take no less, said he could say nothing as his father was not there – mentioned Mr. Jeremiah Rawsons’ having called yesterday – Holt said they (the Rawsons) paid not more than a few day workers of their own that they could get with this loose but they could get a good deal of mine - he could get to know how much in the course of next week - I observed Mr R- might give me £200 an acre and still have profit enough left - Holt said it might be easily calculated for the Rawsons coal sold for 13/4 a score (i.e. a score corves or loads of which 5 would come out of a square yard) and cost getting and hurrying to the pit’s mouth 5/6 or say 6/. a score

.:. 20 corves cost getting and hurrying to the pit’s mouth 72d. say 70d.= 3 ½ a corve getting

------------------------- sell for ....                                            at 160d.       160d. = 8d. ---------- sell for

.:.  clear gain per corve or load= 4 1/2d. .:. clear gain per square yard= 4 ½d. x 5 = 1/10 ½

.:. clear gain per acre = 4840 yards x 22 ½ pence= £453.15.0 let the proprietor and getter share this profit equally  and then I ought to have £226.17.6 per acre for my coals.

2,0) 4840 = 1/.

½) 242  = ./6

½) 121 = ./3

½ 60.10.0 = ./1 ½

30.5.0

453.15.0

clear gain supposing the coal to cost 3 1/2d. a corve getting and hurrying

changed my wet boots and made the above calculations and out again at 4 ½ at Park farm – speaking to Pickels about the sunk walling I had been making a rough measurement of – about 100 yards to do to join what is already done to where the road water comes into the wood – it is this water that does all the mischief to my walk every winter and tore it all up about 3 weeks ago in the great flood – could not sleep on Thursday night for thinking of this plan of turning it all down the sunk fence – this additional 100 yards would cut of a triangle of about 2&3 a D.W. which if thrown to Charles H- should be worth 40/. a year rent – the present wall between Charles H- and the hall wood is about 45 yards long and the wall against the road 90 yards long so that the triangle would be                         the contents of which = 45x90/2 = 2025 square yards or about 2/3 of a D.W. – Pickels thought the walling this would be 2/. per rood (7 yards long and 1 yard high) and the trenching throwing out the stuff a yard deep with a slope of 2 yards or rather more would be worth 6/. a rood – then if the wall was 4ft. high, that would be 2/8 a rood walling + 6/. trenching = 8/8 per rood – then a 2 horse cart (at 10/. a day) would lead 2 roods a day down Pump lane – say the stones per rood of 4ft. high would cost 7. carting and say 3/. for the stone .:. the whole price would be 2/8+7/. +3/. = 18/8 per rood of 4ft. high – and suppose there should be 15 roods to do = £14. But in trenching 100 yards + 1 yard there would only be 100 square yards to move and should moving 7 square yards (throwing them off the spade point) be worth 6/.? – went up to George Naylors’ to speak to him about his cart – not at home – Got back at 6 20 – dinner at 6 ½ - afterwards till 9 writing out this journal – damp dull morning – cleared a little about noon, and finish afternoon from about 1 or 2 p.m. so that got hay housed in the evening – went into the other room at 9 ¼ - Marian sat up talking above ½ hour after my father went to bed – then talking to my aunt – came to  my room at 10 ¾ at which hour F66 ½° - fine afternoon (vid. 3rd line above) and evening – Letter this afternoon from Mr. Briggs’s from Miss Bolland for her money due 20th ultimo – skimming over the courier till 11 20 –

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Wednesday 8 June 1836

6 50

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- No kiss fine morning F59° at 7 40 at which hour went out - Robert Mann and Matthew throwing up the embankment soil (opposite the house or nearer to the bridge) up so as to mark the wall - I see they can make it answer and save me carting and running the risk of pushing the new wall down - 3 of Robert’s men Samuel Booth and Jack Green and John Frier barrowing away (began this morning) stuff to make ready for Booth’s foundation of the rustic arch to be added to the south end of the cascade bridge arch - all at these jobs all this morning and in the afternoon till about 2 ¼ or alter, perhaps 2 ½ - when rain sent them under the archway for shelter - and they all went away at 3 when A- and I came in - we had gone out at 1 ½ intending to go to Cliff Hill to meet Robert and Joseph Mann about Mrs. Ann Walker’s cistern and well etc but a shower drove A- and me under the archway and we stood waiting and watching the momentary gleams till the rain came on regularly at 2 and before 2 ½ was so heavy with 3 or 4 peals of thunder and several flashes of lightning that A- and I were prisoners - sent Robert for A-‘s cloak even at 3 before we ventured to come in - the rain continued till about (after 4) - then fair - breakfast this morning in ½ hour (after being out with the men and at the Lodge) at 9 ¼ - afterwards put away the 3 dozen port 2 dozen sherry and 2 dozen marsala that arrived in 2 hampers from Oldfield York on Saturday - put all the white wine into oak chest in the upper buttery and all the port into the wine cellar - then with A- who had Mrs. Parkinson from the Travellers Inn - came to say should have been glad to have had a new house in a better situation but as it is should be glad to give up the Inn as soon as A- could get a tenant she approved for it - all sides very civil - asked her what rent she pays to Mr. Hope (incumbent of Southowram - farm joins to Sutcliffe wood) - £45 for 19DW (of brow land) and 7 cottages which should let for £14 per annum but a great deal empty since the Walterclough mill was unoccupied - had Holt at 12 20 to 1 - then wrote out the 1st twelve lines of today -sat with A- at her luncheon from 1 20 to 1 ½ - Just before had note from Mr. Parker (brought by his boy) to say he had sent his [D.r and c.r] account and would have brought it himself but had yesterday afternoon alarming accounts of his father - Mr. Adam would give any explanation of the account I might want - from 3 ¼ to 4 50 wrote out the last 21 lines of yesterday and so far of today and had John Booth, and settled with him what to do tomorrow - and was sometime with A- Holt said he had heard who set fire at the assa-faetida - it was Mr. Rawson’s steward and Mr. R- and they all knew of it - and now they durst to not burn anymore, they had put up a door in the old water head under Mrs. Prescott’s Folly Plantation meaning to stop our air - but they could not - we have air from the slip in pit - Messrs. Stocks and Rawson have joined and taken the supplying the gas worker with coal at their own price 8/. per ton delivered for they opposed one another before neither of them could gain anything - Samuel Holdsworth once had it at 4/6 a ton - Rawson had it last year at 6/. a ton, and did not gain by it - 9 corves = 21cwt.or 22cwt. coals customary delivered in the town at 10d. a corve so that the contract of Messrs. Rawson and Stocks will pay them well enough - i.e. will pay them about 10d. per corve - a good job for R- whose pits are so near when at the Lodge this morning before breakfast Booth said he had seen Mr. Butterworth who well understands mills - (a great friend of B-) - and he, Butterworth, said there was power let at £24 per horse - I might value mine at Listerwick at £22 if constant (if water enough) but at any rate and at least I might safely value it at £20 per horse - Butterworth asked if the situation was a good one for getting hands - I said I could build cottages enough - there would be a little village at Listerwick on account of the colliery -

why not? the village and mill and colliery will be far enough from here?

Holt values A-‘s Shibden mill coal at House firecoal £140 per acre skirt coal (as good as the other but only about 2/3 of it can be got for fear of letting the surface in) £100 per acre

speaking of High Roydes roof, Miss Marian ordered it to be done - the estates to be sent to Mr. Parker - Mr. P- said it had better stand over and gave the people back their estates! Holt shewed me 2 - I gave him Marian’s address (Miss Marian Lister Market Weighton) and advised his writing her a plain statement of what he thought the whole expense would be and then letting her judge for herself - suppose 25 yards length of roofing x 12 yards (each side (inclination) of the rood = 6 yards) = 300 yards of roofing -

Stephen Firth plasterer and thatcher of Charles Town the lowest - lower by a ½ per yard among others than Taylor who generally slates for me - he will take off the slate dress the old ditto and point the new roof, and find hair and nails for the whole at 6 1/2d per yard - to be done in a workmanlike manner will take about a dozen of lime - Marian to find lime and laths and what new slates are wanted and repair spars - Many new slates will be wanted - 1/. per yard = £15 Holt thinks the job will cost about £20

wrote and sent letter (on ½ sheet black edged note paper) to ‘Mr. Oldfield Wine merchant York’ acknowledging the receipt of the wine (3 dozen port 2 dozen sherry and 2 dozen marsala) on Saturday asking for the bill and saying I would send an order on the Yorkshire District bank for the amount - wrote and sent note to ‘Mr. Adam solicitor H-x’ saying I had had 2 letters announcing the death of Mrs. Ferguson - 1 to beg me to pay the husband the 5 months due of her share of the annuity the other begging me not to pay any more to Mr. Netherwood - acknowledged the receipt of Mr. Parker’s note this morning and said I should perhaps be in H-x tomorrow - dinner at 6 25 - coffee - A- did her French - from 8 ¾ to 10 ¼ A- and I with my aunt - A- skimmed the newspaper - I looked over and assorted loose copies of business letters - then wrote the last 17 lines of today till 10 50 at which hour F52° fine morning - rain from about 1 ½ to 4 pm thunder and lightning between 2 and 3 pm fair from about 4 to between 6 and 7 and afterwards showers and heavy rain

Holt says it will be out of Illingworth’s to pull  Charnocks coal at any other pits than A-‘s the pit Illingworth means is deeper than A-‘s and ½ mile farther from the sale