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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 560 |
| Date Entered | 01/07/2012 |
| Updated on | 30/08/2012 |
| Recorded by | Will Swales |
| Category | Vernacular Record |
| Record Type | General HER |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Record Date | 01/07/2012 |
| Location | High Moss |
| Civil Parish | Grinton |
| Brit. National Grid | SE 056 955 |
| Altitude | 430m |
| Record Name | Boundary stone on High Moss |
| Record Description | GRI-11 – boundary stone number 11 of the first 21 around Grinton Parish starting from Stolerston Stile and reaching as far as Gibbon Hill. It is on the boundary between Grinton and Ellerton parishes, and is actually two stones standing side-by-side on High Moss. The taller one is inscribed on the east face with S, ED, four dots, and ED. ED appears to signify a boundary of the estates of the Erle-Drax family of Ellerton Abbey, which would date the stone to sometime between 1755 and 1887 (see additional notes below). Why it should appear twice is puzzling. The shorter stone is inscribed on the east face with I+S and above it to the left a letter D at a jaunty angle. The letter D might refer to Drax, the surname used by the owners of Ellerton Abbey estate before 1755 and after 1887. The + symbol between the I and the S is hardly visible but can be seen more clearly on another stone in the series at Record 596. It suggests that I and S relate to two separate family surnames. |
| Additional Notes | Ellerton Abbey estate was held by people with the surname Erle-Drax from 1755 when it was inherited by Thomas Erle-Drax, the eldest son of Henry Drax and Elizabeth Ernle, heiress to the Erle family estate in Charborough, Dorset. The last person called Erle-Drax to hold Ellerton Abbey, John, died in 1887 leaving the estate to his son Richard, who adopted the splendidly quadruple-barrelled surname Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, but called himself Richard Drax for short. |
| Image 1 ID | 3123 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Grinton-Ellerton boundary stones on High Moss |  |
| Image 2 ID | 3124 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Grinton-Ellerton boundary stone on High Moss - 1 |  |
| Image 3 ID | 3125 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Grinton-Ellerton boundary stone on High Moss - 2 |  |
