diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 631e7f551..82cde6e37 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ## xx/xx/2017
 
 1. [](#improved)
+    * Added various `ancestor` helper methods in Page and Pages classes [#1362](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/pull/1362)
     * Added `isajaxrequest()` Twig function [#1400](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/1400)
     * Added ability to inline CSS and JS code via Asset manager [#1377](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/pull/1377)
     * Add query string in lighttpd default config [#1393](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/1393)
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php
index 9d5fd0ec1..c7ca2dd7a 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class Pages
     {
         if (!is_null($path)) {
 
-            $page = $this->getPage($route);
+            $page = $this->dispatch($route, true);
 
             if ($page->path() == $path) {
                 return $page;
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ class Pages
     {
         if (!is_null($field)) {
 
-            $page = $this->getPage($route);
+            $page = $this->dispatch($route, true);
 
             $ancestorField = $page->parent()->value('header.' . $field);
 
@@ -366,7 +366,12 @@ class Pages
      */
     public function dispatch($route, $all = false, $redirect = true)
     {
-        $page = $this->getPage($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;
+        }
 
         // Are we in the admin? this is important!
         $not_admin = !isset($this->grav['admin']);
@@ -434,22 +439,6 @@ 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.
      *