The sails that drove the trading vessels were cut and stitched in lofts above the quay — sailcloth from the Tromode mills, stamped every yard with the Three Legs of Man.
The Three Legs (ny tree cassyn) is one of the oldest national symbols in the world, and nobody is entirely sure where it came from. The motto — Quocunque Jeceris Stabit, “whichever way you throw me, I shall stand” — is a statement of survival.
Design your own version of the Three Legs. You can draw it, paint it, stitch it, build it from found objects, carve it into clay, or make it from anything you like.
The only rule: it has to look like it could stand whichever way you threw it.
81 names listed in alphabetical order; First World War. Paper roll of honour mounted behind glass, set within a wooden frame. 4 columns of names listed under the above title. Those who fell are marked with an asterisk. Bordered by a green and gold leaf design. Emblem of a crown above the title. On the emblem are the following words 'honour where honour is due'. Donated to the Manx Museum upon closure of Salisbury Street Church in August 2009. Printed by McDougall's Educational Co. Ltd of Farringdon Avenue, London and East Claremont Street, Edinburgh. Information provided by the Isle of Man Government Preservation of War Memorials Committee. Image courtesy of Chris Blyth, Isle of Man Photographic Society. Find on Map or Report Condition
Letter from Rev. Samuel Flood Page, newly appointed minister of St Peter's Chapel in Ramsey, to Home Secretary Viscount Melbourne requesting government assistance to fund a Day and Sunday School building threatened with seizure by its builder. The letter appeals for participation in Parliamentary education grants and explains the Isle of Man's exclusion from existing Church Building and National School Society funding programmes.
Letter from Samuel Flood Page, newly-appointed minister of St Peter's Chapel in Ramsey, to Viscount Melbourne seeking government assistance for struggling day and Sunday schools. The letter details the financial crisis facing the school building (£210 cost, only £100 raised, builder threatening to repossess) and highlights the Isle of Man's exclusion from Parliamentary education grants and Church Building Society funds. Contextualised by extensive editorial notes on Page's career, contemporary Manx press reports, and Treasury minute details for the 1833 education grant scheme.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Sandhouse by CH Cowley, from the 'Field SW Ballalough Curragh'.
The description appears to clearly relate to OS Field nos 2113 and 2114, which have long been amalgamated. The grid reference relates to the centre of the two former fields.
The antiquary Charles Harry Cowley was an avid collector of worked flint and coarse stone artefacts revealed by agricultural activity, mainly on farms located around Peel, and occasionally from further afield. He was active from 1900 until 1943. His entire collection of artefacts, together with a daybook cataloguing his discoveries, was later donated to Manx National Heritage.
Prehistoric flint scatter.
A single worked prehistoric flint was recovered from Sandhouse by CH Cowley, from 'Under Cronk Lhammag'.
The description appears to relate to OS Field no. 2121, which is centred at the grid reference for indicative purposes.
The antiquary Charles Harry Cowley was an avid collector of worked flint and coarse stone artefacts revealed by agricultural activity, mainly on farms located around Peel, and occasionally from further afield. He was active from 1900 until 1943. His entire collection of artefacts, together with a daybook cataloguing his discoveries, was later donated to Manx National Heritage.
Sandulf's Cross is a large intact rectangular slab which is inscribed with a shafted cross, and animal and human figures carved on each face. It has a runic inscription on its edge. The slab was found circa 1880 and measures 1.93 metres by 43 centimetres by 14 centimetres thick.
The Sandygate Methodist Chapel was first built in 1822 and was rebuilt in its present form and is shown on the 1869 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey map. It still stands intact and remained open in 2021.
The findspot of a Mesolithic flint flake which was collected by G.W. Lamplugh. The find was made in OS Field No 1312 (shown on the 1:2500 large scale mapping published in 1870), and the grid reference relates to the centre of the field as depicted.
The findspot of a scatter of Neolithic flint flakes, found some 450 metres southeast of Sandygate.
The original description of the location ('about 500 yards') would indicate a findspot in the area of the grid reference provided, in a spot overlooking the now-canalised Lhen Trench.
An Iron Age promontory fort defined by a defensive bank and ditch across the narrow neck of a coastal promontory. The bank and ditch are definite but the area on the seaward side is small and steeply sloping, perhaps a good deal eroded or slipped towards the sea. A low embankment lies across the neck on the west, to which a path and causeway have been built of rock and rubble. North of this the rock has been scarped. On the seaward side is a steep cliff face and in the north and south are steep sided re-entrants. Across the north-west, a bank with an outer ditch and causeway 1.5 metres wide has been erected. The entrance is marked by a slab on edge and by the lowering of the bank for 2.5 metres The slab by the entrance is 1.3 metres long by 0.5 metres high by 0.1 metres wide and is a continuation of the line of the causeway. The internal bank continues in diminishing strength down part of the south-west side of the fort. The interior of the fort is grass covered and there is no visible trace of internal habitation. The bank has a maximum inner height of 0.9 metres and average upper width of 0.5 metres.
A record from the Santan parish court (Lib Scac 1718) documenting a complaint by James Willaughan regarding vandalism and theft at Mr McQuire's works at Kirkwood Santan, including a broken wheelbarrow, water can, and stolen cast band. The court examined witnesses and imposed fines on Henry Crebbin and Jo Callin. The document provides early evidence for the settlement later known as Newtown and identifies James Wollahan as McQuire's Roman Catholic steward.
The conjectured site of an early medieval keeill or chapel at the site of the present parish church. The Avitus Stone, which bears the Latin inscription AVIT MONOMENT, was found when digging the foundations of the present church and may indicate early Christian activity here as it may be dated to 5th to 6th century AD.
The site of Santon parish church, which is dedicated to St Sanctans. It stands on the site of an early medieval keeill but the present church is of late 18th century date.
This slab was recovered from the foundations of the parish church in 1991. It was found upside down and re-used as a threshold in a former doorway. A simple cross has been pecked into one face. The cross is unusual in that the shaft is shorter than the other three arms.
There is a list of 22 names, alphabetical except for the last entry. Numbers against the names indicate the page in the official list of the 1914-1918 Roll of Honour. The asterisked (*) names are those that fell in the Second World War. Illuminated framed display bearing names of men from the parish, compiled and made by Howell Robinson and Co., poster writers of 15 Athol Street, Douglas. The roll of honour was issued by the War Pensions Committee.
14 names listed alphabetically; First World War.
8 names listed alphabetically; Second World War.
Oblong shaped red sandstone pillar constructed of dressed stone blocks. Carved cross surmounted on pillar. There were originally no names on the memorial; the slate tablets commemorating those who had fallen in the First World War and Second World War were added in 2000. A further name, Arthur Henry Jarand, was added in 2006 at the request of Viscountess Gort.
The memorial was unveiled on Sunday 9 May 1920 by Mr Robert Moore of Ballachurry. It was dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Mann and sponsored by public subscription. The site was given by Mr J.T. Martin, Ballavale. During the unveiling ceremony, special reference was made to Mr G.F. Clucas, Speaker of the House of Keys, who laboured unceasingly towards the commemoration of Santon's heroes. The memorial was originally located on the main Douglas to Castletown Road at its junction with the east side bordering Ballavale. Over time, increased traffic on the road made the Remembrance Sunday service difficult and it was necessary to widen the road. The memorial was moved to its current location in 1975.
