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fingerpost, Cowgill (2), Lea Yeat, Dent, Cumbria, SD76068692 -- The fingerpost was erected by Yorkshire West Riding; the six figure national grid reference was included as an experiment, on behalf of the Ministry of Transport, initiated in 1930.
(One other county, Dorset, was aksed to do this; and another, Berkshire, copied the idea.)
(photo 16.6.2006)