#unusualhistory

[elizabethiris]

I took a different path whilst out running and came across this. Headstone and railing. Charcoal made in the woods was used for smelting iron; white coal was for smelting lead. The headstone is dated 1786. The inscription reads: "In memory of George Yardley, Wood Collier. He was burnt to death in his Cabbin on this place Octr. 11th 1786. William Brookes, Salesman; David Glossop, Gamekeeper; Thos. Smith, Besom maker; Sampn. Brookshaw, Innkeeper." The monument is unusual in that it records not only the occupation of the deceased, but those of the subscribers to his memorial. #ecclesall #ecclesallwoods #charcoalindustry #woodland #monument #hiddenhistory #forgottonhistory #unusualhistory #sheffield #sheffieldhistory #headstone #headatones #unusualhistory #outandaboutwithliz (at Ecclesall Woods) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDYQa-EFwnn/?igshid=1aaik8yihndja

[kaploded2]

#Repost @octopusbooks (@get_repost) ・・・ "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive." - James Baldwin 📚 . #jamesbaldwin #books #internationalliterature #internationalpolitics #unusualhistory #biography #writers #writer #harlemrennaissance #iamnotyournegro #newyorkcity #quotesaboutbooks #quotes

[elizabethiris]

Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸. A castle in Rotherham, England? The castle was built as a hunting lodge for Thomas Howard, the 3rd Earl of Effingham in the late eighteenth century. The castle got its name from the 1773, Boston Tea Party. Thomas was serving in the Coldstream Guards (the oldest continuously serving regiment in the British Army) and supported protests by the colonists in the USA over taxation without representation. When Thomas's regiment was ordered to America on active service, he resigned rather than support something that he did not believe in. #rotherham #southyorkshire #history #britishhistory #england #historyofengland #americanconnection #bostonteaparty #unusualhistory #hiddenhistory #bostonpark #huntinglodges #oldbuildings #oldbuilding #publichistory #heritage #outandaboutwithliz #castle (at Boston Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCNnIrlFeqy/?igshid=1jgssfjbi5erm