Greetings fellow dialists,
Re the dial on the inside north wall of Dalton-le-Dale church thanks for
the numerous responses. Here is a very tentative proposal until more
data appears. It is clear that while the Stations of the Cross currently
number fourteen this was not always so. The numbers at Dalton start at
seven which, assuming symmetry, suggests a different total. I did not
mention that to the east of number twelve there is a stray number one
which may be part of a larger number or may have been just transferred
from the now bare south wall once the meaning was lost.
Let us suppose that the numbers stood under pictures of the Stations of
the Cross six hundred years ago and let us suppose that the puritans
deleted the pictures in the seventeenth century, leaving the numbers.
Then over time the meaning of the numbers might be lost and a new myth
arose that they were associated with timekeeping. According to Mrs.
Gatty the numbers have been renewed so they must have had some
significance to the congregation.
More, I hope, later.
Frank 55N 1W.
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