1772: A Path, A Stone, A Hanging

The so-called “Miners’ Trod”, with Cold Moor rising beyond it, cuts a broad, unsightly scar along the hillside courtesy of the forestry workers. The path’s name comes from the nineteenth-century jet-miners, though it is unlikely they were its first users. That large boulder to the left bears t ...

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A speeat o’ rain

In this month of showers, a spate — a heavy downpour in the Cleveland vernacular — situated somewhere in the vicinity of Great Broughton.

I don't suppose that 'spate' found its place amidst the 40,000 entries of Dr Samuel Johnson's seminal dictionary, published on this very day in 1755. The laborious compilation consumed nearly a decade of his life, though he once boasted he could hav ...

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1874’s Graffiti: Dogs, a Fox, or a Pig on Broughton Bank

Today, I stumbled upon some Victorian graffiti – or should I say graffito? It depicts a duo of dogs, or perhaps a dog hot on the heels of a fox, or maybe even a pig in pursuit of a dog. The artistic merit of the second canine is up for debate.

Dated with 1874, this 'artwork' graces a sizable boulder nestled beneath the Wainstones ...

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Two villages: “Cherchbi” and “Broctune Magna”

It's been a windy day on Cringle Moor, but the sky has been clear. The moving clouds created a beautiful display of shadows over the vale of Cleveland. I could see below me the villages of Kirkby-in-Cleveland and Great Broughton, both of which were mentioned in the Domesday Book. Kirkby-in-Cleveland was ref ...

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Nanny Newgill, the Broughton Witch

On a drizzly Cold Moor this morning I was reminded of one of Richard Blakeborough's tales about a witch who lived at Broughton.

That's Great Broughton on the Cleveland plain below, just left of centre. The peak of Roseberry Topping is on the skyline just right of centre.

Blakeborough's story appeared in the Northern Weekly Gazette ...

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