Guide Stoop - Handley Lane, Nr Chatsworth, Derbyshire, UK
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Dragontree
N 53° 13.431 W 001° 38.923
30U E 590213 N 5898024
Here in the rolling hills is an old Guide Stoop which are common in the Peak District.
Waymark Code: WMGVW2
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/13/2013
Views: 3
Guide Stoops are old milestones made from stone. They were decreed by Parliament in the early 1700s in order to guide travellers across the bleak and featureless parts of England.
On the other side of this old track is a new Companion Stone. This is commissioned by Arts in the Peak and is a modern sculpture made to celebrate the 300 year old Guide Stoops.
The Guide Stoop points the way ahead and the Companion Stone guides you in other ways.
We found them both thanks to a geocache by cats-eyes.
Condition: Worn
Date placed: 01/01/1789
Material: Stone
Inscription:
Chesterfield Rode
Sheffield Rode
Bakewell Rode
1789
On the Companion Stone:
'for the other rode
go inward
by cranesbill and leaf star
clear the stream'
Name of road: Handley Lane
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