” 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
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