Nelson Historical Society Journal, Volume 3, Issue 1, October 1974
20th December
20th December
At sunset entered another forest where I perceived the road had been laid out with ditches on either side of it and about four miles further on we came to a house where we put up for the night. The owner, Mr 'Gork' Rodger, a Yorkshireman, was drunk.
[Ed. Likely John Gaukroger—hotel keeper at Foxhill. He never touched alcohol].