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" On the 11th October 1711, the justices of the peace sitting at Northallerton ordered that guide posts be erected at all cross roads; stone is much more easily obtained on the moors, so as a result a number of 'handstones' - the way indicated by a roughly carved human hand, were erected." Stanhope White The North York Moors 1979 Dalesman Books

Posted by fitzcoraldo 28th March 2003ce

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