ERBYSHIRE ft RCH£OLOGICAL 



AND 



ATURAL MISTORY SOCIETY. 



0n a $air of Ancient Ham's ^orns. 



By William Webb, M.D. 



N the possession of Mr. Hurt, of Alderwasley, 

 there is a pair of old Ram's Horns fixed 

 upon a pole. This pole, he tells me, was 

 originally about 4 feet 6 inches long, but 

 it is now broken, decayed, and worm- 

 eaten. As will be seen in the illustration 

 (Plate II.) there are three silver plates fitted 

 between the horns, having the following 

 names engraved upon them : — 

 On the top Plate — 



Mr. Chas. Hurt, Mayor 1701 



Mr. Fr. Ridgeway ... ... ... 1702 



Mr. J. Moreton 1703 





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* The old stone Guide-post, represented 

 in this initial letter, drawn by Miss S. Dale, 

 is situate at Hopton, about a mile from 

 Wirksworth, opposite to the Sycamore farm. 

 The south aspect is here given ; on the 

 north is " Bakewell," on the east " Wirks- 

 worth," and on the west "Ashburn." Below 

 each name is the date 1705. The road to 

 Bakewell is now only a disused, grassed- 

 over lane ; to Derby by lanes through 

 Callow and Kirk Ireton ; and to Wirks- 

 worth and Ashbourne by the regular turn- 

 pike road. 



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