Out & About …

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

Day: 16 April 2021

  • “At our feet lay the little village of Newton …”

    “At our feet lay the little village of Newton …”

    In 1887, an account of one person’s ascent of Roseberry Topping appeared in the Leeds Mercury. Unfortunately the identity of the correspondent is unreadable: “… After a brief survey of the ruins [Guisborough Priory] we proceeded to Pinchinthorpe, whence we had a pleasant walk to the village of Newton, and leaving the village green and…