2005

NZ6615 : Jenny Frisk Road

taken 20 years ago, near to Boosbeck, Redcar And Cleveland, England

Jenny Frisk Road
Jenny Frisk Road
Who was Jenny Frisk? A search in Google reveals some pretty unsavoury sites. But she has a road named after her, an unsurfaced track climbing from Boosbeck to Low Moor. It's officially a public road, meaning cars can be driven up it.

I have since been informed that Jenny Frisk was in fact a local woman who was drowned in a well near the top of the lane because she was believed to have been a witch. A classic case of witch ducking I fear. If she survived she was in league with the devil. If she was drowned she was innocent.

Locally the lane is known as 'Tip Lane' on account there used to be a open land fill site up it. The northern end, near Boosbeck, was named as 'Mutton Scalp Road' on old O.S. 2½" to the mile maps (Pronounced 'Mutton Scawp'). 'Jenny Frisk Road' referring to the straighter higher section.

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NZ6615, 5 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mick Garratt   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 24 August, 2005   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 25 August, 2005
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 660 159 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:32.0821N 0:58.8181W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 660 159
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SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
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