Boundary stone on Stanghow Moor

Exploring hob country, the area of moorland south-east of Guisborough.

This early 19th-century boundary stone marks an old parish boundary between Guisborough and Stanghow. It is about half way between Hob on the Hill and Hob Cross, which names denote a connection with those mischievious sprit ...

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“Spare the Trees”

Two facts confront us, and deserve serious consideration. The forest of the world are going just as the coal beneath our feet is going — man is a cooking animal, and must have fuel. In all the great outlets of water floods multiply, and become more and more destructive. We are compelled to ask if there is any necessary, or perhaps, obvious connection between the two facts? Undoub ...

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