Ticksey How
The Smeathorns Road across the moor to Castleton. I have ridden it more times than I can count, and today I nearly missed it again.
A boundary stone. Right there, behind the stock fence.
Weathered sandstone, inscribed “S Ticksey how” — marking the old boundary between the parishes of Stanghow and Moorsholm. The wire mesh and barbed wire arrived a c ...
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Boundary stone on Stanghow Moor
Exploring hob country, the area of moorland south-east of Guisborough.
This early 19th-century boundary stone marks an old parish boundary between Guisborough and Stanghow. It is about half way between Hob on the Hill and Hob Cross, which names denote a connection with those mischievious sprit ...
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Exploring hob country, the area of moorland south-east of Guisborough. This early 19th-century boundary stone marks an old parish boundary between Guisborough and Stanghow. It is about half way between Hob on the Hill and Hob Cross, which names denote a connection with those mischievious sprites that are supposedly the descendants of prehistoric inhabitants. The … <p class="link-more"><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31407" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Boundary stone on Stanghow Moor"</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt