LIG H T H O U S ES T H E I R H ISTO RY A N D ROM A N CE O x fo r b H ORA HA RT P R I NTER TO TH E U NIV ERSITY CE , T H E F I RST H HO UNGENESS LIG T U SE AT D . ’ Fr om a r eeez t or Li hthouse du s d ted D ecember I 1 6 0 ! p f g e , a 9, 9 , in the sse n po ssion of Lor d Ke yon . ! L I G H T H O U S E S TH EIR H I STO RY AN D RO M ANCE W R D Y P A A S . J . H , . ‘ AUT HOR 01: m s HA ND T IN O F T H E x AND WRI G c s ! UEENS o r ENGLA ND , ‘ ’ Bo x PLATs s ETC. o , WIT H M A NY ILLUSTRAT IO NS TH E RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY ’ R O TER Ro w AND 6 ST . P CH HYA RD 56 P ATE N S , 5 AUL S U RC 1 8 9 5 T H E EDDYSTONE MEDA L 1 , 757 . P R E FA C E I H AV E fo r some years past devoted a go o d deal o f time to the study o f facts connected with the o f - history English coast lighting, and I have now woven together into this volume such o f the scattered f f re erences to the subject which I have ound , and have n L h tho u their H isto r an R ‘ i ses d amam o . e titled it, g y That there is much romantic incident in connection o f with our lighthouses , and that many them possess 8 P REFA CE o f f interesting histories , the reader the ollowing pages will , I think , admit ; and it is really surprising that o f f no history them has be ore this been compiled . I could not have obtained the facts I have here been able to bring together had I not received constant and generous assistance from all those in whose power it was to render it ; and were I to attempt to convey to the officials o f the British Museum and Public Record ffi O ce, who have assisted me, individual thanks , I should v unduly prolong this preface . Yet I cannot leave un . P . A recorded my gratitude to Mr W Y Fletcher, S f fir late o the Printed Books Department, in the st . v n f nd . ere d named o fice, a to Mr G H O , in the latter . Not one half o f the facts here recorded could have been obtained had I not received free and full access to the muniments o f the Corporation o f the Trinity instru House . This was accorded to me through the f . mentality o Sir Edward Birkbeck , Bart , and my P . A f . S . good riend , his brother, Mr Robert Birkbeck , I presented their introduction to Sir Sydney Webb , - o f the Deputy Master the Trinity House, and that gentleman , Mr. Kent, the Secretary, and PREFA CE 9 . o f ffi o f Mr Weller, one the o cials the department, gave me every assistance in their power and the freest access d n To . Dib i to their records . Mr and his assistants at the National Lifeboat Institution I also desire to fo r f express my gratitude various in ormation supplied , and in particular fo r some o f the wreck incidents I have mentioned . I am particularly grateful to Lord Kenyon fo r allowing the reproduction o f two very interesting con temporary pictures o f seventeenth- century lighthouses those at Dungeness and the Scillies ; and to Mr . Mill o f A rchae Stephenson , the Secretary the Royal o i fo r o f o f l log cal Institute, the use one the i lustrations ’ the Silver Model o f Winstanle s Eddystone Light — y o f house that appeared, some years ago , in the Journal the Society . My thanks are due , and I return them with pleasure , - f . F to my ellow worker, Mr William Page, who has always brought to my knowledge any fact connected with Lighthouse history that he came upon in his researches . In presenting to the public the last volume which The I published through the Religious Tract Society, I O PREFA CE H andwr itin s o the Kin s and ueens o E n land g f g ! f g , I was permitted to thank the Rev . Richard Lovett, ’ . fo r M A the Society s Book Editor, his constant help and advice in bringing out that work . I trust that I may be again accorded the privilege o f thanking him fo r his unfailing courtesy and good nature in discussi ng and settling points o f detail in connection with this present work . H A RDY . W . J C O N T E N T S C HA E I PT R . ANCIEN T AND M EDIAEVAL LIGHTHOUSES C H TE I I AP R . T H E TRINITY HOUSE HA C PTE R I I I . ANCI ENT M ETHODS O F LIGHTING HA E C PT R IV . GRACE DARLING C HAPTE R V . TH E SPURN H EAD H E V I C APT R . T H E H UMBER TO TH E THAMES H I I C APTER V . T HE N ORE LIGHTSHIP H C APTER VI I I . TH E GOODWIN SANDS AND TH E F ORELANDS C H E I APT R X. DUNGENESS LIGHTHOUSE 1 2 CONTENTS CHAPTE R X . E ’ To T E E E ST. CATH RINE S POINT H DDYSTON C HAPTER XI . SUGGESTIONS FOR A LIGHTHOUSE ON TH E EDDYSTONE H ENRY WINSTANLEY C HAPTE R XI I . THE F IRST EDDYSTONE C HAPTER XI I I . THE SECOND EDDYSTONE HA E I C PT R X V. THE THIRD AND F OURTH LIGHTHOUSES AT THE EDDY STONE C HA E X PT R V. THE LI! ARD A C H PTER XVI . TH E L THE N D’ EN D D TH G H P WO F, LA S , AN E LON S I S HA C PTER XVI I . THE SCILLI ES HA C PTE R XVI I I . LIGHTHOUSES ON TH E WESTERN COAST LIST O F I LLUST RAT IO N S PAGE T H E F IRST LIGHTHOUSE AT DUNGENESS TH E EDD T E M ED L 1 YS ON A , 7 57 TH E BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE THE DRI PHAROS, ALEx AN A ANCIENT COAST-LIGHT O UTER FARNE LIGHTHOUSE GRACE DARLING AND H ER FATHER ON TH E WAY To THE WRECK GRACE DARLING M ODEL OF TH E FIRST LIGHTSHIP M ODEL OF A LIGHTSHIP BUILT IN 17 90 PACK OF PLAYING CARDS DESIGNED BY WINSTANLEY WI NSTANLEY’S EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE SILVER M ODEL OF E DDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE AFTER ALTERATION RUDYERD’S EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE T HE EDDYSTONE BUILT BY SMEATON ’ SMEATON S M ODE OF DOVETAILING THE STONES ’ SMEATON S CHANDELIER SECTION OF THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE BUILT BY SMEATON 1 4 LIST OF ILLUSTRA TIONS T HE PRESENT EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE WOLF ROCK LIGHTHOUSE LONGSHIPS LIGHTHOUSE T HE WRECKER ST . A E HTH E S LL I LE GN S LIG OUS , CI Y S S ' THE BISHOP S ROCK LIGHTHOUSE THE SMALLS LIGHTHOUSE LIGHTHOUSE AT H OLYHEAD C H A PT E R I ANCI ENT AND M EDIAEVAL LIGHTHOU SES The go o d o ld Abb o t o f Ab erb ro tho ck H ad placed that b ell o n the Inchcape Ro ck ; a uo in he sto rm it fl d nd s un On b y, t , o ate a w g, And o er the a es its arn n run v w v w i g g. ’ When the ro ck was hid by the surge s swell The m ar ner h e arn n l i s eard th w i g bel , And then th ne the lo us ro c ey k w peri k, And blessed the Abb o t o f Ab erb ro tho ck was very good o f the old abbot so to do but in doing what he did, he was no better than a great many o f his fellows . Marking fs fe dangerous ree , and leading the mariner sa ly f o f into port , were, ormerly, the work Christian charity ; they were two o f the many useful offices which the Church performed when there was no one else to carry fo s them out, and r which we, who see the ame things so f f U e n much better done , o ten orget to bestow pon her ev B 1 8 THOUSES wo r d o f r is r t t e o a u e . Be s o n r s ks o n a p a gr i d ll o c k , mar sh a s and san s and b a c o n li h in o l d , g ts use d to b e ma tained th e rea m nast ries s by g t o e , o r by th eir var io u ffs o o ts t is c o u r and tho se b a c o n l s dim o h , in h nt y ; ight , , fl er in and n tain t u th e ma ha v en ick g , u cer ho gh y y e b e , w r the ct ncesto rs o f the m o d rn li h e e dire a e ght ouse .