Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Day: 17 September 2018

  • Boundary stone, Ryston Bank

    Boundary stone, Ryston Bank

    Or perhaps better known as Newton Moor. The boundary stone is inscribed “T.K.S. 1815” and was erected by Thomas Kitchingham Staveley, the Lord of the Manor of Newton under Roseberry when the moor was enclosed. Interestingly towards the end of his life Staveley lived in Old Sleningford Hall, near Ripon, but named his eldest daughter…