Show on map The huge Ship Stone near the head of Tripsdale, from certain angles looks like the prow of a ship emerging from the ground.
There is a Latin inscription on the side
DEI PLENA SUNT OMNIA.
JOANNES CERVUS, BILVALLENSIS
ANNO MDCCCXLIX.
written by John Hart of Oak House, Bilsdale.
All things are full of God.
John Hart, a man of Bilsdale.
1849
Show on map This remote cross is a memorial to Probationary Flight Officer Francis Holt Yates Titcomb of the Royal Naval Air Service.
Flying a Maurice Farman Longhorn, he took off from the RNAS training airfield at Redcar on his first solo flight on 15 April 1917. He crashed after encountered snow clouds over the moors and died aged 19.
He is buried in Brompton Cemetery in London
The cross was erected by Mr J K Foster JP of Egton Manor in 1929 and sculpted by Mr J.W. Hill of Whitby.
Based on the design of a wayside cross near Vittel in the Vosges designed by Sir E L Lutyens
Show on map The cross in Egton was erected in 1912 in memory of John Foster.
The Foster family were owners of Black Dyke Mills in Queensbury, Bradford, West Yorkshire which manufactured worsted and mohair fabric. They purchased the Egton Estate in 1869 as a sporting estate.
Mr. John Foster died on Feb. 8th 1910 aged 78, his funeral took place at Egton on February 12th 1910.
Show on map This stone seat would have overlooked Ingleby Manor, but it now lies hidden in a plantation.
Lady Mary Ross was the mother of Mary Foulis of Ingleby Manor and the wife of Sir Charles Lockhart-Ross 7th Baronet. Dated 1837, she died in 1842
Show on map Flax was used in the manufacture of ships sails which would have then been used in the shipyards of Stockton, in 1827 Stockton had four flax merchants and three linen factories.
The plaque read :-
June 1897
This stone was erected to commemorate the completion of the 60th year of the reign of Queen Victoria. It was found near the village of Hartburn and used to beat flax on in former days.
A smaller much later plaque dates from 2nd April 1983, it shows the link between William of Hertburne, who became William of Wessyngton in 1183.
His descendant George Washington became the first president of the USA.
Show on map The cross in the centre of Borrowby is of medieval origin.
The village is built at the junction of four roads and was once split between two wapentakes, Allerton and Birdforth. The portions which belonged to Birdforth were known as the Gueldable.
The English Heritage listing describes it very briefly as Ashlar. 3-step podium; plinth; short shaft; blocking course with rounded stone cross above.
Show on map A Perambulation is the periodic marking of estate boundaries by the Lord of the Manor, also known as “Beating the bounds”
The stone carries many of the same dates as the nearby Swarthe Howe Cross.
1752
1774
1799
1885
Show on map On a remote part of Wheeldale Moor is the following plaque :-
In memory of John Booth who died on this spot September 5th 1853. Aged 84. He was gamekeeper to Richard Hill Esq. of Thornton for 56 years.
Even with such a precise death date I can find no census records for him.
Richard Hill of Thornton Hall died himself just 2 years later.
Show on map Leake church now stands alone by the A19, it once served the now deserted Medieval village of Leake; it now serves the two villages of Borrowby and Knayton.
Mass dials are a type of medieval sundial found on churches, they were used to show the time of services held during the day before the advent of clocks and watches.
They are also known as Scratch dials because many are scratched into the stone. The hole in the centre held a rod that cast a shadow, known as a gnomon.
This rock lies within the Wilton International Site, so cannot be viewed by the public.
The plaque says everything you need to know :-
This 3.8 ton piece of calcareous limestone (containing shells) was transported by glaciers and deposited on the Wilton site between 70,000 and 13,000 years ago.
Mick Garrett took this shot 14 years ago.
Although the rock hasn’t changed, the surroundings have.
