| This is a small, fairly insignificant
stone, probably marking the boundary of one of William Bagshaw's leases
marked on the Brailsford survey of 1781 - probably the south-east corner
of the meer adjacent to the Minikin & Co meer. The lettering on this
stone is remarkably similar to the lettering on the
other stone initialled WB. It is known
that a lease was granted in 1774 for 21 years by William, Duke of
Devonshire, to William Bagshaw of Coats Hall in Derbyshire of mines on
Grassington out Moor.
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