Barnsley Queries: PMSA NRP - S. Yorkshire: In the wall at the entrance to the farm on Blackergreen Lane

ArtistMaker:	Broughton; Lorna
TitleOfWork:	‘The Balloon and Miller Plaque’
DescriptionOfPhoto:	view of plaque
DateOfCreation:	1988
Dimensions:	Height: 120; Width: 84 cm
Medium:	ceramic
Location:	In the wall at the entrance to the farm on Blackergreen Lane
AtoZReference:	(SE283041)
Postcode:	S75
Street:	Blackergreen Lane
TownOrVillage:	Silkstone Common
AreaInTown:
MetropolitanBorough:	Barnsley
Photographer:	Dave Ball
ImageCopyright:	Sheffield Hallam University
AccessionNumber:	b041c
Description: The plaque is divided into two scenes one above the other. The upper half of the panel shows a balloon, [check with slide] the lower half a horseman galloping from right to left surrounded by water. Behind him is a sluice gate, in front of him can be seen half of a mill-wheel. The whole is surrounded by rocks, trees and intertwined leaves. Commission: Organised by the Silkstone Heritage Stones Project, composed of local residents. Commissioned June 1991, finished September and sited October of the same year. In 1853 a balloon landed near this site. It had been part of a demonstration about the fall of Sebastopol prior to the onset of the Crimean War. "The balloonist, in fear of his life from the throng which gathered around him, offered an individual in the crowd 10/- to pack his balloon and deliver it to the station" [1] The horseman on the plaque is the local miller who would release the dam sluice gate at Blacker Green and gallop back to the mill in a race with the water. There is also a story relating to the Huskar Pit disaster in which the miller raced in vain to warn those in the pit that flood water was entering the mine. References: [1] Sara Selwood: The benefits of public art in Great Britain

ArtistMaker:

Broughton; Lorna

TitleOfWork:

‘The Balloon and Miller Plaque’

DescriptionOfPhoto:

view of plaque

DateOfCreation:

1988

Dimensions:

Height: 120; Width: 84 cm

Medium:

ceramic

Location:

In the wall at the entrance to the farm on Blackergreen Lane

AtoZReference:

(SE283041)

Postcode:

S75

Street:

Blackergreen Lane

TownOrVillage:

Silkstone Common

AreaInTown:

MetropolitanBorough:

Barnsley

Photographer:

Dave Ball

ImageCopyright:

Sheffield Hallam University

AccessionNumber:

b041c

Description: The plaque is divided into two scenes one above the other. The upper half of the panel shows a balloon, [check with slide] the lower half a horseman galloping from right to left surrounded by water. Behind him is a sluice gate, in front of him can be seen half of a mill-wheel. The whole is surrounded by rocks, trees and intertwined leaves.

Commission: Organised by the Silkstone Heritage Stones Project, composed of local residents. Commissioned June 1991, finished September and sited October of the same year.
In 1853 a balloon landed near this site. It had been part of a demonstration about the fall of Sebastopol prior to the onset of the Crimean War. "The balloonist, in fear of his life from the throng which gathered around him, offered an individual in the crowd 10/- to pack his balloon and deliver it to the station" [1]
The horseman on the plaque is the local miller who would release the dam sluice gate at Blacker Green and gallop back to the mill in a race with the water. There is also a story relating to the Huskar Pit disaster in which the miller raced in vain to warn those in the pit that flood water was entering the mine.

References: [1] Sara Selwood: The benefits of public art in Great Britain

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