Tussock-Skipping and Bog-Trotting — Adventures in Rivelindale

Today's misadventure took me to a wide, flat valley flanked by low heather-clad moors. Sounds lovely, right? But Codhill Slack, or Rivelindale to use its Medieval name, has a bottom that is a boggy morass with plenty of standing water, thanks to yesterday's heavy rain.

In the distance are a couple of well-known ...

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Highcliffe Nab — observer of history

Guisborough is an ancient place, with a long and varied history. It was important enough during the time of the Conquest to be listed in the Domesday Book, a detailed record of The Conqueror’s ill-gotten gains, although it was of relatively low value, contributing just a few shillings per year to the royal coffers.

Over the years, like the rest of the country, inc ...

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The natural temptation, when standing on Highcliffe Nab is to look north over Guisborough town …

... this view is south — towards Highcliffe Farm, Codhill Slack and Percy Cross Rigg.

Highcliffe Farm is an exposed location, gaining no shelter from both northerly and southerly winds. In 1908, it was being farmed by Thomas Wedgewood.

One day Wedgwood and a farm labourer were snaring rabbi ...

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Guisborough Races, 1784: Asses, Mens’ sack race, Ladies, and a Soap-tail’d Pig

Guisborough, population around 17,000. At the turn of the 19th-century, in the 1801 cenus, it was a mere 1,719. This was the eve of the industrial revolution, nevertheless it was the largest town in the area, the focal point of trade, although the alum industry, once a major employer, was in decline.
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