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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Antrim => Topic started by: Gilby on Wednesday 20 December 17 15:40 GMT (UK)
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From 1900 to 1903, Francis Joseph Bigger and Herbert Hughes published a series in the Ulster Journal of Archaeology called, "Armorial Sculptured Stones of the County Antrim." This is a valuable record and includes transcriptions of many headstones which are now lost or unreadable. However, I have come to the conclusion that the series was never completed...
In the first article published in Volume 6 (starting page 39), Bigger and Hughes wrote:
During the summer of 1899 we have been able to visit all the churchyards in the county, and to make rubbings of the arms on the tombstones in each, and at the same time to copy the inscriptions ... When we came to make up the total number of arms copied, we found they reach over 250, which we are satisfied is vastly more than any other county in Ireland
Today I worked through all the articles to compile an index for my own use. The last installment I can find is in Volume 9 (ending page 137). However, this ends with "to be continued", plus the total number of transcriptions I've counted is just 171.
So I'm wondering if anyone knows whether the series was continued elsewhere, or do unpublished notes survive somewhere?
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By the way, here is a copy of the index I was working on (someone is bound to have done this already, but I couldn't find it online):
No. Vol. Pg. Name Church
1 6 39 Burney Larne Parish Churchyard
2 6 40 Burney Larne Parish Churchyard
3 6 40 Burns Larne Parish Churchyard
4 6 40 Burns Larne Parish Churchyard
5 6 41 Campbell Larne Parish Churchyard
6 6 41 Allen Larne Parish Churchyard
7 6 42 Allen Larne Parish Churchyard
8 6 42 Chichester Larne Parish Churchyard
9 6 43 Chichester Larne Parish Churchyard
10 6 43 Calwell Larne Parish Churchyard
11 6 44 Carley Larne Parish Churchyard
12 6 45 Fleck Larne Parish Churchyard
13 6 45 Eccles Larne Parish Churchyard
14 6 46 Eccles Larne Parish Churchyard
15 6 46 Eccles Larne Parish Churchyard
16 6 47 Glasgow Larne Parish Churchyard
17 6 47 Glasgow Larne Parish Churchyard
18 6 48 Ferries Larne Parish Churchyard
19 6 49 Finley Larne Parish Churchyard
20 6 49 Finlay Larne Parish Churchyard
21 6 50 Houston Larne Parish Churchyard
22 6 50 Esdel Larne Parish Churchyard
23 6 51 Haddan Larne Parish Churchyard
24 6 51 Hadden Larne Parish Churchyard
25 6 52 Kelly Larne Parish Churchyard
26 6 52 Kirkpatrick Larne Parish Churchyard
27 6 53 Learmor Larne Parish Churchyard
28 6 53 Manson Larne Parish Churchyard
29 6 90 Manford Larne Parish Churchyard
30 6 91 Mearns Larne Parish Churchyard
31 6 92 Montgomery Larne Parish Churchyard
32 6 93 Montgomery Larne Parish Churchyard
33 6 93 Meharg Larne Parish Churchyard
34 6 94 Munro Larne Parish Churchyard
35 6 95 MacMunn Larne Parish Churchyard
36 6 95 Murdoch Larne Parish Churchyard
37 6 96 MacNeill Larne Parish Churchyard
38 6 96 Naesmith Larne Parish Churchyard
39 6 97 MacTier Larne Parish Churchyard
40 6 97 Ogilvie Larne Parish Churchyard
41 6 98 Paton Larne Parish Churchyard
42 6 98 Patrick Larne Parish Churchyard
43 6 99 Robinson Larne Parish Churchyard
44 6 99 Rogers Larne Parish Churchyard
45 6 100 Shutter Larne Parish Churchyard
46 6 100 Smith Larne Parish Churchyard
47 6 101 Stuart Larne Parish Churchyard
48 6 101 Thom Larne Parish Churchyard
49 6 101 Wate Larne Parish Churchyard
50 6 102 Watt Larne Parish Churchyard
51 6 103 Watt Larne Parish Churchyard
52 6 103 Uriell Larne Parish Churchyard
53 6 104 Woodside Larne Parish Churchyard
54 6 104 Workman Larne Parish Churchyard
55 6 162 Allen Rashee Parish Churchyard
56 6 162 Allen Rashee Parish Churchyard
57 6 163 Kirkwood Rashee Parish Churchyard
58 6 163 Houston Rashee Parish Churchyard
59 6 164 Hume Rashee Parish Churchyard
60 6 164 Alexander Rashee Parish Churchyard
61 6 164 MacAlexander Rashee Parish Churchyard
62 6 165 MacLellan Rashee Parish Churchyard
63 6 165 Orr Rashee Parish Churchyard
64 6 166 Orr Rashee Parish Churchyard
65 6 166 Orr Rashee Parish Churchyard
66 6 166 White Rashee Parish Churchyard
67 6 167 Blair Raloo Parish Churchyard
68 6 167 Blair Raloo Parish Churchyard
69 6 167 Blair Raloo Parish Churchyard
70 6 168 Craig Raloo Parish Churchyard
71 6 168 Craig Raloo Parish Churchyard
72 6 168 Craig Raloo Parish Churchyard
73 6 169 Crawford Raloo Parish Churchyard
74 6 169 Crawford Raloo Parish Churchyard
75 6 169 Finlay Raloo Parish Churchyard
76 6 170 Gordon Raloo Parish Churchyard
77 6 170 Jaffrey Raloo Parish Churchyard
78 6 170 Knox Raloo Parish Churchyard
79 6 171 Lock Raloo Parish Churchyard
80 6 171 Lock Raloo Parish Churchyard
81 6 171 Nickle Raloo Parish Churchyard
82 6 172 MacDowell Raloo Parish Churchyard
83 6 172 Robinson Raloo Parish Churchyard
(part 1/2)
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Part 2/2:
No. Vol. Pg. Name Church
84 6 231 Bailie Carncastle Parish Churchyard
85 6 231 Brown Carncastle Parish Churchyard
86 6 232 Brown Carncastle Parish Churchyard
87 6 232 Caldwell Carncastle Parish Churchyard
88 6 233 Callwell Carncastle Parish Churchyard
89 6 233 Callwell Carncastle Parish Churchyard
90 6 234 Campbell Carncastle Parish Churchyard
91 6 234 Crawford Carncastle Parish Churchyard
92 6 234 Crawford Carncastle Parish Churchyard
93 6 235 Dale Carncastle Parish Churchyard
94 6 235 Dale Carncastle Parish Churchyard
95 6 236 Faries Carncastle Parish Churchyard
96 6 236 Faries Carncastle Parish Churchyard
97 6 237 Faries Carncastle Parish Churchyard
98 6 237 Getty Carncastle Parish Churchyard
99 6 237 Linn Carncastle Parish Churchyard
100 6 238 Lorimer Carncastle Parish Churchyard
101 6 238 Lorimer Carncastle Parish Churchyard
102 6 238 Lough Carncastle Parish Churchyard
103 6 239 Lusk Carncastle Parish Churchyard
104 6 239 Lusk Carncastle Parish Churchyard
105 6 240 Lusk Carncastle Parish Churchyard
106 6 240 Magill Carncastle Parish Churchyard
107 6 240 McKee Carncastle Parish Churchyard
108 6 241 Moore Carncastle Parish Churchyard
109 6 241 Moore Carncastle Parish Churchyard
110 6 241 Murphy Carncastle Parish Churchyard
111 6 242 Neill Carncastle Parish Churchyard
112 6 242 Neill Carncastle Parish Churchyard
113 6 242 Parr Carncastle Parish Churchyard
114 6 243 Paterson Carncastle Parish Churchyard
115 6 243 Shaw Carncastle Parish Churchyard
116 6 243 Sheriff Carncastle Parish Churchyard
117 6 244 Sherriff Carncastle Parish Churchyard
118 6 244 Steele Carncastle Parish Churchyard
119 6 244 Steele Carncastle Parish Churchyard
120 7 58 Tweed Carncastle Parish Churchyard
121 7 58 Tweed Carncastle Parish Churchyard
122 7 59 Willson - Caldwell Carncastle Parish Churchyard
123 7 59 Wilson Carncastle Parish Churchyard
124 7 60 Wylie Carncastle Parish Churchyard
125 7 60 Young Carncastle Parish Churchyard
126 7 61 Wharry Carncastle Parish Churchyard
127 7 142 Adair Antrim Parish
128 7 143 Collingwood Antrim Parish
129 7 144 Clark Armoy Parish
130 7 144 Dunlop Armoy Parish
131 7 145 Tatnal Ballinderry Middle Church
132 7 146 McGee Ballinderry Old Churchyard
133 7 146 Alexander Ballylinney Parish
134 7 147 Barron Ballylinney Parish
135 7 147 Boyd Ballywillin Parish
136 7 148 Ross Ballywillin Parish
137 7 148 Stirling Ballywillin Parish
138 7 149 Allen Kilbride Parish
139 7 150 Blair Kilbride Parish
140 7 150 Brady Kilraughts Parish
141 7 151 Jameson Kilraughts Parish
142 7 151 Moore Kilraughts Parish
143 7 152 Wolfenden Lambeg Parish
144 7 152 MacDonnell Loughguile Parish
145 7 153 McCollum Loughguile Parish
146 7 154 Watson Magheragall Parish
147 7 155 Waugh Muckamore Parish
148 7 155 Carson Shankill Parish, Belfast
149 7 156 Lennon Old Poorhouse, Shankill, Belfast
150 7 157 McCollum Skerry Parish
151 8 90 Lecky Ballymoney Parish
152 8 91 Hutchinson Ballymoney Parish
153 8 92 Hamilton Ballymoney Parish
154 8 92 Mitchell Ballymoney Parish
155 8 93 Hackett Ballymoney Parish
156 9 93 MacAuley Cushendun Parish
157 9 94 Seeds Derriaghy Parish
158 9 95 Ferguson Donegore Parish
159 9 95 Scot Donegore Parish
160 9 96 Scot Donegore Parish
161 9 131 Smith Armoy Parish
162 9 132 Aikin Killead Parish
163 9 132 Montgomery Killead Parish
164 9 133 Shaw Killead Parish
165 9 133 O'Hagan Ramoan Parish
166 9 134 Boyd Ramoan Parish
167 9 134 Boyd Ramoan Parish
168 9 135 Boyd Ramoan Parish
169 9 135 O'Mullan Ramoan Parish
170 9 136 MacCambridge Ramoan Parish
171 9 137 McCrank Ramoan Parish
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https://archive.org/search.php?query=publisher%3A%22Belfast+%5BUlster+Archaeological+Society%5D%22
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Have you checked PRONI's e-catalogue to see if any working notes for the series were deposited? perhaps also National Library, Dublin?
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Hallmark,
Yup, I've already downloaded several copies of the UJA from there :) The issue is that the series of articles by Bigger and Hughes just seems to stop in Volume 9 of the UJA (even though it says tbc). There's nothing in volumes 10 or 11 of the UJA. I've also checked Jstor which also has the articles up to 1903, then nothing after...
Aghadowey,
I'd checked PRONI, but not the National Library in Dublin - I'll go and search the index now.
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Hm, there's this at the NLI, but it is just what I have already:
Armorial sculptured stones of the County Antrim.
http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000130713
I suppose it is possible that are untitled working notes, but I imagine Bigger has left a mountain of stuff behind to sift through, e.g.:
Miscellaneous papers of Francis Joseph Bigger
http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000053930
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... but I imagine Bigger has left a mountain of stuff behind to sift through ...
There are various references online to indicate that Lieut-Col. F.C. Bigger (FJB's brother) donated a huge collection of his brother's works to the Belfast Public (Central) library and it currently remains in the ownership of Libraries NI:
http://www.rascal.ac.uk/collection/149
Edited to add: There are a number of local newspaper references from 1900 mentioning the inclusion of 'Armorial Sculptured Stones of the County Antrim' in the various issues of the Ulster Journal of Archaelogy, these too cease after September 1903 and playing around with various search combinations using different variants of the Bigger and Hughes names or key words like 'armorial' and 'sculptured' fails to elicit any further relevant 'hits' from September 1903.
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Gaffy,
48 boxes, 40,000 items - I think you found the mountain I alluded to!
Unfortunately that also means I'm unlikely to get the time to search it all any time soon. I'll just have to make a note for now and perhaps sometime in the future I'll go and have a look.
Thanks,
Gilby