Show on map The inscription here is said to read “Francis Hartus to Repare this Yat and this Yattstead T.H. 1737” although the latter parts are difficult to make out today.
T.H. is Thomas Harwood a local road surveyor.
The “Yat” is the gate and the “Yatstead” the space covered by the swing of an opening “Yat”
Show on map This well stands immediately outside St. Thomas’ Church Glaisdale.
It is marked with a ‘W’ on old ordnance survey maps, but I can find no further information on if it has a name or any other significance.
Show on map This quern used for grinding flour, sits near the entrance to St. Thomas’ Church Glaisdale
Unfortunately i’ve been unable to find any further information on where it came from or how old it is.
Show on map Glaisdale Station was originally known as ‘Beggars Bridge‘ and opened in 1865
Station masters were allowed to operate a coal business, providing to the local area. Often making more money from this than their actual job.
Coal was dropped in from the railway line above, this example being restored in 1986.
Show on map Hart Leap stones are supposed to mark the impressive ‘death leap’ of a deer/stag in a hunt.
The stones are 42 feet apart.
Show on map This stone high on the moor carries the carving “Rokan Ston”
One explanation i’ve seen is that Roke means fog and it was a guide, but how you would be able to see this in fog is beyond me.
Show on map An interesting stone with inscriptions on all four faces, it is said to be medieval cross reused as a guidestone.
Whitby Road
Kirby Road (presumable Kirkby Moorside)
Peathill Road (to the south-west)
Glasdale Road (Glaisdale)
Thomas Harwood
D:1735.
Show on map Grey Mare Stone is a natural boulder that has been used as a boundary marker for many centuries. Although I didn’t spot any particular resemblance in shape to a horse.
There are a whole series of dates carved into the rock, 1745, 1774, 1735 RC / RG, 1713, 1799, 1821, 1844 and a much more recent 1979.
There’s also an “Egton” with a backward N
Many of the dates recorded at the same as Swarth Howe Cross which must mark periods of “beating the bounds“
Show on map Immediately adjacent to the previous post, this one is a little more eroded.
A Whitby Road side again.
And it looks like another Peckrin (Pickering)
“TH” has also inscribed this one with what looks like a number 73
Ironopolis suggests this is Thomas Harewood of Glaisdale, who inscribed many stones in the area. Some of these are dated in the 1730s, so I suspect this originally carried a date from that decade and the last number has worn away (possibly 1733 if you squint)
Show on map This guidestone is set back from the current road and is no longer marked on any Ordnance Survey maps.
One face carries the inscription “Whitby Road”
Another what I read as “Peckrin Road” so most likely a variant spelling of Pickering.
The initials “TH” are also found on on side.
