sentences:  The ridge, at this point is about above the surrounding countryside which itself is some above sea level it stretches, in a curve, from the west of Escrick in the south to near Stamford Bridge in the north.There were droveways for moving stock and these trackways crossed the vale of York by the natural bridges provided by the moraines.It thus seems likely that there would be a pathway along the top of the moraine along what would now be the road from Wilberfoss and what is now called Back ‘o Newton.