This Foldout collects some of the Latin and other texts which can be found in the district in datestones, epitaphs, documents, coats of arms, mottoes, and other inscriptions
The trade mark of Ben Shaw & Sons Limited was the name Benjamin
Shaw's signature surrounded by this Latin text
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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AS
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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clicus
(Latin) Trans: heaven not earth
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
An inscription at Wynteredge Hall, Hipperholme
From 1662, the milled edge of coins were engraved with this
inscription.
The inscription reappeared when the £1 coin was issued in 1983
The Latin motto appears on Heath Grammar School Memorial Gates.
It was written by Arthur Owen and is a pun on the surname of Dr John Favour, founder of the School
= The pen is mightier than the sword
This is the motto of Hipperholme Grammar School
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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DNIC
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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DDD
(Latin) Trans: happy is he whose ancestors make a profession of virtue, and who himself leaves virtue to succession
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
(Latin) Trans: Let the chattering world be tortured by senseless love, While my calm life quietly pleases me
An inscription at Wynteredge Hall, Hipperholme
(Latin) Trans: This place hates, loves, punishes, observes, honours – Negligence, peace, crimes, laws, virtuous persons
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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hse
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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hm
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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ihs
This inscription appears over the entrance to King Cross Police Sub-Station
(Latin) Trans: now mine, once his, but afterwards I know not whose
This appears
In 1857, John Foster was granted armorial bearings with this
motto.
It is the motto of Black Dyke Mills Band
This was the motto of the Lister family.
It appears on the Lister family Arms and can be seen in the
Housebody at Shibden Hall.
The motto was also adopted by William Busfeild when he
changed his name
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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Lld
(Latin) Trans: the house when large yields comfort; fires and tongues carry destruction with them
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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MD
An inscription at Wynteredge Hall, Hipperholme
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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mp
This is the Halifax motto and comes from the Biblical text:
in Psalms 127:1
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
(Latin) Trans: May the Almighty grant that the lineage of Sunderland may quietly inhabit this seat, and maintain the rights of their ancestors free from strife until an ant drink up the waters of the sea, and a tortoise walk around the whole world
This is one of the many inscriptions on High Sunderland, Halifax
2 inscriptions at High Sunderland, Halifax
The Walker family did not have a coat of arms or
motto until Ann [1803-1854] petitioned the College of Arms
for a personal one.
This was granted in December 1842 with the arms and this Latin motto
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ian Philp
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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pm
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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pc
An inscription on Hollin Well, Norland
Thou who art my pupil, boy, and desirest to be taught,
This appears on the Heath School Seal and was incorporated into the
badge on the pupils' uniform cap and blazer
This appears on the gatehouse at Crow Nest, Lightcliffe
The inscription on a sundial [1833] at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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RIP
Used on graves and epitaphs
(Latin) Trans: sacred to the memory
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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ss
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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stb
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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stp
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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sp
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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spl
The phrase is often found in Monumental Inscriptions.
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spm
This was the trademark of James Simpson
things
This appears in the Smith Sundial, People's Park
A form of this text appears on a stone at Wood Top, Hebden Bridge
aegyptianus Ref 24-48 amicus humani generis Ref 24-5 anno salutis Ref 24-28 Ante Tempus Nihil Judicato Ref 24-57 artium baccalaureus Ref 24-43 artium magister Ref 24-26 attornatus ad legem Ref 24-47 Benignus Ref 24-62 Clericus Ref 24-49 Clericus parochialis Ref 24-50 Clicus Ref 24-51 coelum non solum Ref 24-59 confide deo, diffide tibi Ref 24-11 contra vim mortis, non est medicamen in hortis Ref 24-23 Corpus Ref 24-63 decus et tutamen Ref 24-2 digni et vos este favore Ref 24-20 Doctrina Fortior Armis Ref 24-54 dominus noster iesus christus Ref 24-29 dono dedit dedicavit Ref 24-25 fælix quem virtus ... Ref 24-16 fama virtutum tuba perennis Ref 24-15 garrulus insano crucietur ... Ref 24-21 hic locus odit amat ... Ref 24-10 hic sepultus est Ref 24-34 hoc monumentum Ref 24-31 iesus hominum salvator Ref 24-36 ignorantia legis excusat neminem Ref 24-9 in forma pauperis Ref 24-56 
jam mea, mox hujus, sed posthac nescio cujus Ref 24-4
justum perficito nihil timeto Ref 24-45 justus propositi tenax Ref 24-1 legum doctor Ref 24-37 maxima domus utilitas ... Ref 24-17 medicinae doctor Ref 24-39 meliora spero Ref 24-22 monumentum posuit Ref 24-41 nisi dominus custodierit civitatem Ref 24-19
Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain
numquam hanc pulset portam qui violat sequum Ref 24-14 omnipotente facit stirps ... Ref 24-13 patria domus ... optima caelus Ref 24-12 per ardua virtus Ref 24-64 piae memoriae Ref 24-24 Pius Ref 24-61 pone curavit Ref 24-44 Pro Bono Publico Ref 24-53 Pro Placito Corone Celato Ref 24-52 qui mihi discipulus puer es cupis atque Ref 24-3
Qui mihi discipulus, puer, es cupis atque doceri,
Huc ades, haec animo concipe dicta tuo
Come here, grasp these sayings with thy mind
quid non deo juvante Ref 24-18 Quod Petis Umbra Est Ref 24-46 requiescat in pace Ref 24-27 Resurgam Ref 24-55 sacrum memoriae Ref 24-30 sanctae Ref 24-32 sanctae theologiae baccalaureus Ref 24-33 sanctae theologiae professor Ref 24-35 Sepulcrum Ref 24-60 sine prole Ref 24-38 sine prole legitima Ref 24-40 sine prole mascula Ref 24-42 suum cuique Ref 24-6 tempus edax rerum Ref 24-7 ut hora sic vita Ref 24-8
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