Monument record MDR8456 - Guidestone, Harewood Moor, Beeley
Type and Period (1)
- DIRECTION STONE (Stuart to Georgian - 1700 AD to 1750 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
18th century gritstone guidestone buried during World War II and re-located by Holymoorside and District History Society in 1995. One side says BACKWELL with a 3-fingered directional hand. The stone was re-erected by the Society with help from the Peak Park Rangers, ahead of the VJ Day celebrations in July 1995. (1-3).
This tall pillar, with pyramidal top, in inscribed on all four faces, each with a destination given with a pointing hand below, with distinctive three fingers plus thumb. Each face has the upper part around the text more finely dressed than above and below. The inscriptions are as follows: North-east face: 'BACK / WELL'; South-east face: 'SHE / FELD'; South-west face: 'CHE / STT / ERF / ELD'; North-west face: 'WORK / S.WOR / TH'. The stone was buried in 1940 but was found and re-erected in 1995 by the Holymoorside and District History Society. Records of its site exist prior to its burial and it appears to have been re-erected at the correct location (at least within a metre or so) and set with the faces correctly orientated. The stone is probably of early 18th century date, as an Act of Parliament of 1697, enforced locally in 1709, required that such stones should be set up by road commissioners. This stoop stands at the junction of hollow ways running north to Sheffield, north-east to Chesterfield and south-west to Bakewell (via Rowsley). The route to Wirksworth is not clear. (4)
Photographic record. (5-7)
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SDR16816 Index: PPJPB. PPJPB Registry & Archaeology Service Parish File. P9552: 1995.
- <2> SDR7363 Article in serial: Simpson, J. 1914. 'Ancient guide-posts', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 36, pp 97-100.
- <3> SDR17179 Bibliographic reference: Smith, H. 1996. Guide Stoops of Derbyshire. p. 76-7.
- <4> SDR19851 Unpublished document: Barnatt, J (PDNPA). 1998. The Chatsworth Estate Historic Landscape Survey, Chatsworth Moorlands: Archaeological Survey 1997-8. p 111, Feature 18.48.
- <5> SDR18975 Photograph: Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA). Colour photograph collection. Film. 507:103-105.
- <6> SDR18971 Photograph: Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA). Slide Collection. 1470.1-3.
- <7> SDR18970 Photograph: Peak District National Park Authority (PDNPA). Black and white photograph collection. 511:1-2.
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Location
| Grid reference | SK 299 679 (point) (Approximate) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEELEY, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
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Related Events/Activities (1)
- EDR3856
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Record last edited
Apr 9 2015 9:32AM