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brook at Bailiff Bridge, whence it ascends to Lightcliffe, in 
the parish of Halifax. Here, between the years 1828 and 
1831, in a field opposite Lightcliffe Chapel, and within a few 
yards of the ancient way, there was found, in a Roman 
vessel, a large and valuable hoard of Eoman coins. After a 
good many had been broken by the man who found them, 
to ascertain if they were really silver, arji had sold others, a 
large number fell into the hands of the Eev. W. H. Bull, 
then incumbent of Sowerby, in the parish of Halifax, and 
now vicar of Billingshurst, Horsham, Sussex. There were, 
amongst them, four gold British coins — two of Queen 
Boadicea — and one very beautiful and rare, not found in 
any known work on British and Roman coinage. There 
were also twenty- six consular coins, and five imperial, all of 
silver. The consular coins had been much used and defaced, 
many having had stamped upon them small initials and 
figures, in the same manner as idle people disfigure the 
coinage of the present day. The imperial coins were all of 
Augustus, except the last, which was of Caligula. In addi- 
tion to these, there was subsequently dug up in the chapel yard 
a silver coin of Scipio Asiaticus ; and, a few years since, at a 
collection at Lightcliffe for some charitable purpose, there 
was found in the alms-box a fine copper coin of Allectus. 
Leaving Lightcliffe, the road enters HipperhoLme, where, at 
Hove Edge, near our road, Dr. Richardson informs us, in a 
letter to Hearne, that " there were divers large copper medals 
found at Hove Edge, within the township of Hipperholme, in a 
thick glass vessel." He tells us that he had obtained some 
of Dioclesian, Allectus, and Carausius, and suspects that there 
were others which had been dispersed before he had intel- 
ligence of them. (Leyland's Itinerary, vol. 1, pp. 142, 145.) 
The road descends from Hipperholme by Barrow Clough 
Lane ; whence, having ascended by a deeply-worn and once- 
paved road, overshadowed with trees, to the top of the hill 
