Out & About …

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

Day: 17 June 2020

  • Boundary Stone, Great Ayton Moor

    Boundary Stone, Great Ayton Moor

    A roughly dressed boundary stone, probably limestone, and inscribed “RY 1752”. This probably stands for Ralph Yoward who became Lord of the Manor of Hutton following the death of his father in 1751. When Henry VIII dissolved Gisborough Priory in 1539, it was the fourth richest religious house in Yorkshire. The priory land at Hutton…