The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Thomas Dinsdale ( - )
Ralph Thoresby mentions a Thomas Dinsdale several times in his diary: "walked to view the ruins of the once famous Abbey, and after dispatch of the accounts and business, walked with Mr. T. Dinsdale to his farm, beyond the bridge" Vol 1 page 442 Linked print sources: as Donator of object(s) - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...References in Documents:
in
round.
small as Brush Iron. Boulder, acciden
tally broken in paving the Court of
William CooksonEsq
Mayor of
viz. an Oval within a Quadrangle in red Lines upon a yellow Ground.
metrical Figures, naturally imprinted upon Stones; but I have not
the Opportunity in these remote Parts to consult that Author.
transparent
viz. an Orle of three Pieces with an Inescochean.
an Orange Oval in a white Stone.
of protuberant Lozenges, set most regularly in the
Squares being hollow, and the Rows protuberant; it was found at
the Coal-Pits near
white
ly placed at half Inch distance from each other.
wrought quite round, with Ridges and Furrows the length Way of
the Stone, the
Rigs(to use the Local Word) thick set with Knobs.
near
Tho. Dinsdale
transverse Wreaths, and a Protuberance above the Neck, that, with
out much Stretch of Fancy, resembles the Head of a Quadruped.
Point.
like Work, but as to the Form, tapering like the Branch of a Tree; and
seems, by a Seam, and part of a Joint remaining near the Top, to
have had an Out-branch springing from it, which would tempt one
to think that even these large rough Stones do sometimes shoot forth
like the tender Rock-Plants in
MendipHills
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Phil. Trans. N° 150
Madam Leighton's Quarry at
deeply chanell'd, not unlike the
Radixof those Rock-Plants: This
(which was brought me from
rence, fit for so large a Stem as the last described. Don.
Mil.
Gale
Gale
about three Inches round, the other not two.
perhaps have been more aptly placed amongst the
Formed Stones, but
their
CircumscriptiveForm not being Regular, they were omitted.