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A 17thC guide stoop north of Hob Hurst's House on Gibbet Moor, East Moor.
This side reads:
'BAKEWE
LL ROAD'
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"Stoop, angels,
hither from the skies!
There is no holier
spot of ground,
Than where defeated valor lies
By mourning beauty crowned."
{Ode by Henry Timrod}
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In the days when roads were in even worse condition than we find them today many travellers tried to keep to the higher groundwhere this allowed a more direct route and there were a lot of tracks and paths across the Derbyshire and Yorkshire moors. In 1697 and Act was passed which decreed that in the more remote parts where two or more paths intersected, the local Surveyors were to erect guideposts or guide stoops showing the way to the nearest market town. There was no defined standard and the survivors show a great variety in lettering and size. Some incorporate a pointing hand alongside the place name.
This example is on Beeley Moor and points the way to Bakewell and Sheffield.
An 18thC Guide Stoop near Edensor. This side shows a hand pointing east and is marked 'Bakewell Rode' and the date 1709.
Two other faces are marked 'Sheffield Rode' and 'Chesterfield Rode'.
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In 1697 during the reign of William III an Act was passed which decreed that in the more remote parts, where two or more paths intersected, the local Surveyors were to erect guideposts or guide stoops showing the way to the nearest market town. After all these years the inscription on the stoop has been weathered away.
♡
"Stoop, angels,
hither from the skies!
There is no holier
spot of ground,
Than where defeated valor lies
By mourning beauty crowned."
{Ode by Henry Timrod}
Details: Pose - Roquai …. DollCoco avi with: Catwa hair, belt by LaGyo, older skirt by Emo-tions, many, many lovely gacha items from (at least) DRD, Enfant Terrible, ieqed, target bow by A&D, quivers by someone I'll look up… I do love to accessorize!
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