diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
index e844a75b7..48eae0c52 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Page.php
@@ -2282,6 +2282,74 @@ class Page
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Helper method to return an ancestor page.
+     *
+     * @param string $url The url of the page
+     * @param bool   $lookup Name of the parent folder
+     *
+     * @return \Grav\Common\Page\Page page you were looking for if it exists
+     */
+    public function ancestor($lookup = null)
+    {
+        /** @var Pages $pages */
+        $pages = Grav::instance()['pages'];
+
+        return $pages->ancestor($this->route, $lookup);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper method to return an ancestor page to inherit from. The current
+     * page object is returned.
+     *
+     * @param string   $field Name of the parent folder
+     *
+     * @return Page
+     */
+    public function inherited($field)
+    {
+        list($inherited, $currentParams) = $this->getInheritedParams($field);
+
+        $this->modifyHeader($field, $currentParams);
+
+        return $inherited;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Helper method to return an ancestor field only to inherit from. The
+     * first occurrence of an ancestor field will be returned if at all.
+     *
+     * @param string   $field Name of the parent folder
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function inheritedField($field)
+    {
+        list($inherited, $currentParams) = $this->getInheritedParams($field);
+
+        return $currentParams;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method that contains shared logic for inherited() and inheritedField()
+     *
+     * @param string   $field Name of the parent folder
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getInheritedParams($field)
+    {
+        $pages = Grav::instance()['pages'];
+
+        /** @var Pages $pages */
+        $inherited = $pages->inherited($this->route, $field);
+        $inheritedParams = (array) $inherited->value('header.' . $field);
+        $currentParams = (array) $this->value('header.' . $field);
+        if($inheritedParams && is_array($inheritedParams)) {
+            $currentParams = array_replace_recursive($inheritedParams, $currentParams);
+        }
+        return [$inherited, $currentParams];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helper method to return a page.
      *
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php
index 4e8614aec..9d5fd0ec1 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php
@@ -291,37 +291,82 @@ class Pages
         return new Collection($children, [], $this);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get a page ancestor.
+     *
+     * @param  string $route The relative URL of the page
+     * @param  string $path The relative path of the ancestor folder
+     *
+     * @return Page|null
+     */
+    public function ancestor($route, $path = null)
+    {
+        if (!is_null($path)) {
+
+            $page = $this->getPage($route);
+
+            if ($page->path() == $path) {
+                return $page;
+            } elseif (!$page->parent()->root()) {
+                return $this->ancestor($page->parent()->route(), $path);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a page ancestor trait.
+     *
+     * @param  string $route The relative route of the page
+     * @param  string $field The field name of the ancestor to query for
+     *
+     * @return Page|null
+     */
+    public function inherited($route, $field = null)
+    {
+        if (!is_null($field)) {
+
+            $page = $this->getPage($route);
+
+            $ancestorField = $page->parent()->value('header.' . $field);
+
+            if ($ancestorField != null) {
+                return $page->parent();
+            } elseif (!$page->parent()->root()) {
+                return $this->inherited($page->parent()->route(), $field);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * alias method to return find a page.
      *
-     * @param string $url The relative URL of the page
+     * @param string $route The relative URL of the page
      * @param bool   $all
      *
      * @return Page|null
      */
-    public function find($url, $all = false)
+    public function find($route, $all = false)
     {
-        return $this->dispatch($url, $all, false);
+        return $this->dispatch($route, $all, false);
     }
 
     /**
      * Dispatch URI to a page.
      *
-     * @param string $url The relative URL of the page
+     * @param string $route The relative URL of the page
      * @param bool $all
      *
      * @param bool $redirect
      * @return Page|null
      * @throws \Exception
      */
-    public function dispatch($url, $all = false, $redirect = true)
+    public function dispatch($route, $all = false, $redirect = true)
     {
-        // Fetch page if there's a defined route to it.
-        $page = isset($this->routes[$url]) ? $this->get($this->routes[$url]) : null;
-        // Try without trailing slash
-        if (!$page && Utils::endsWith($url, '/')) {
-            $page = isset($this->routes[rtrim($url, '/')]) ? $this->get($this->routes[rtrim($url, '/')]) : null;
-        }
+        $page = $this->getPage($route);
 
         // Are we in the admin? this is important!
         $not_admin = !isset($this->grav['admin']);
@@ -340,13 +385,13 @@ class Pages
                 $config = $this->grav['config'];
 
                 // See if route matches one in the site configuration
-                $route = $config->get("site.routes.{$url}");
+                $route = $config->get("site.routes.{$route}");
                 if ($route) {
                     $page = $this->dispatch($route, $all);
                 } else {
                     // Try Regex style redirects
                     $uri = $this->grav['uri'];
-                    $source_url = $url;
+                    $source_url = $route;
                     $extension = $uri->extension();
                     if (isset($extension) && !Utils::endsWith($uri->url(), $extension)) {
                         $source_url.= '.' . $extension;
@@ -389,6 +434,22 @@ class Pages
         return $page;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieve page instance based on the route
+     *
+     * @return Page
+     */
+    protected function getPage($route) {
+        // Fetch page if there's a defined route to it.
+        $page = isset($this->routes[$route]) ? $this->get($this->routes[$route]) : null;
+        // Try without trailing slash
+        if (!$page && Utils::endsWith($route, '/')) {
+            $page = isset($this->routes[rtrim($route, '/')]) ? $this->get($this->routes[rtrim($route, '/')]) : null;
+        }
+
+        return $page;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get root page.
      *