Out & About …

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

Day: 22 March 2022

  • Side-tracked by the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

    Side-tracked by the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

    I am slowly getting around every boundary stone on these northern moors. This one is inscribed “RY 1752”, identical to the stone 600m or so to the south west. Ralph Yoward must have had a bulk buy. 1752 — George II was on the throne; the 11 days between 3rd and 13th September inclusive were…