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A Morning on Newton Moor

Word had reached me that this nineteenth-century boundary stone, marking the old parish line between Hutton Lowcross and Newton, had fallen over. It has not been broken, nor properly buried — just balanced upright and packed around with a few small stones. Frankly, it is rather remarkable that it stood for over 200 ye ...

https://www.fhithich.uk/2026/05/17/a-morning-on-newton-moor/

#HuttonMoor #NewtonMoor #NorthYorkMoors #19thcentury #history #NationalTrust

A Morning on Newton Moor

Word had reached me that this nineteenth-century boundary stone, marking the old parish line between Hutton Lowcross and Newton, had fallen over. It has not been broken, nor properly buried — just balanced upright and packed around with a few small stones. Frankly, it is rather remarkable that it stood for over 200 ye ...

https://www.fhithich.uk/2026/05/17/a-morning-on-newton-moor/

#HuttonMoor #NewtonMoor #NorthYorkMoors #19thcentury #history #NationalTrust

The Yow and Two Boundary Stones

The yow was waiting for me. At least, that is how it felt. She stood beside two boundary stones as if on sentry duty, a glint of mischief in her eye and a smile that gave nothing away. Mona Lisa would have approved.

One stone is plain but upright, the other broken and almost recumbent, resting against its base. Its surviving inscripti ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/08/15/the-yow-and-two-boundary-stones/

#GreatAytonMoor #HuttonMoor #history #sheep

The Yow and Two Boundary Stones

The yow was waiting for me. At least, that is how it felt. She stood beside two boundary stones as if on sentry duty, a glint of mischief in her eye and a smile that gave nothing away. Mona Lisa would have approved.

One stone is plain but upright, the other broken and almost recumbent, resting against its base. Its surviving inscripti ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/08/15/the-yow-and-two-boundary-stones/

#GreatAytonMoor #HuttonMoor #history #sheep

Hutton Moor — Biodiversity vs. Profit

This is Hutton Moor at the northern end of the Percy Cross Rigg track. I see that the self-seeded birch and spruce that have sprouted on the heather moorland have been unceremoniously cut down. The rationale is clear; if left unchecked, the moorland will eventually transform into a birch woodland. However, this does come at the cost of ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=34717

#HuttonMoor #NorthYorkMoors #ClevealndWay #ecology #GrouseMoorManagement

Hutton Moor — Biodiversity vs. Profit

This is Hutton Moor at the northern end of the Percy Cross Rigg track. I see that the self-seeded birch and spruce that have sprouted on the heather moorland have been unceremoniously cut down. The rationale is clear; if left unchecked, the moorland will eventually transform into a birch woodland. However, this does come at the cost of ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=34717

#HuttonMoor #NorthYorkMoors #ClevealndWay #ecology #GrouseMoorManagement

“The Glorious Twelfth” — A Tradition Under Scrutiny

The moors were eerily silent in this morning, a stark departure from the cacophony of gunfire that might be expected to reverberate across the heather today. Not a single report echoed in the air, just an eerie silence that draped the landscape like a shroud. Even the normally noisy grouse seem to sense an awareness of th ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=32868

#CodhillHeights #HuttonMoor #Kildale #NorthYorkMoors #GrouseShooting

“The Glorious Twelfth” — A Tradition Under Scrutiny

The moors were eerily silent in this morning, a stark departure from the cacophony of gunfire that might be expected to reverberate across the heather today. Not a single report echoed in the air, just an eerie silence that draped the landscape like a shroud. Even the normally noisy grouse seem to sense an awareness of th ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=32868

#CodhillHeights #HuttonMoor #Kildale #NorthYorkMoors #GrouseShooting

Ernaldsti, never a RUPP

Ernaldsti, that medieval track associated with the Percy family crossing Hutton Moor, down Percy Rigg and over to Ralph Cross, via Westerdale. I suspect that the true line of this historical route over the moor lies concealed within the hollow-way, just a stone's throw to the right of the modern track, and to the left of that spruce sapling.

Although the tr ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=32726

#HuttonMoor #NorthYorkMoors #PercyRigg #AccessRights #Ernaldsti

Ernaldsti, never a RUPP

Ernaldsti, that medieval track associated with the Percy family crossing Hutton Moor, down Percy Rigg and over to Ralph Cross, via Westerdale. I suspect that the true line of this historical route over the moor lies concealed within the hollow-way, just a stone's throw to the right of the modern track, and to the left of that spruce sapling.

Although the tr ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=32726

#HuttonMoor #NorthYorkMoors #PercyRigg #AccessRights #Ernaldsti

Today is the 380th anniversary of the Battle of Guisborough, fought between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War

I've posted about the battle before: here and here. The conventional thinking was that the battle took place on the east side of the town, in fields off Butt Lane. But recent metal detector finds suggest another site for the battle — on ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31235

#Guisborough #HuttonMoor #NorthYorkMoors #EnglishCivilWar #OnThisDay #OTD