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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 559 | | Date Entered | 01/07/2012 | | Updated on | 30/08/2012 | | Recorded by | Will Swales | | Category | Vernacular Record | | Record Type | General HER | | SWAAG Site Name | | | Site Type | | | Site Name | | | Site Description | | | Site Access | Public Access Land | | Record Date | 01/07/2012 | | Location | Head of Glead Gill | | Civil Parish | Grinton | | Brit. National Grid | SE 056 959 | | Altitude | 410m | | Geology | | | Record Name | Boundary stone near head of Glead Gill | | Record Description | GRI-10 – boundary stone number 10 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, close to the tips and shafts near the head of Glead Gill. It is inscribed on the east face with four dots, ED, and I+S. 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). 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. | | Dimensions | | | Geographical area | | | Species | | | Scientific Name | | | Common / Notable Species | | | Tree and / or Stem Girth | | | Tree: Position / Form / Status | | | Tree Site ID | 0 | | Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 | | 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 | 3122 Click image to enlarge | | Image 1 Description | Grinton-Ellerton boundary stone near head of Glead Gill |  | |
