Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| milestone, Parton | ||
| site name:- | road, Cockermouth to Whitehaven | |
| locality:- | Parton | |
| civil parish:- | Parton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NX98312062 | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9820 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX92 | |
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 BJY06.jpg Cast iron plates, 1 missing, on stone block. "TO WHITEHAVEN [ ] MILES" (taken 14.10.2005) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 14) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Whitehaven .. 2 Workington .. 6 Cockermouth .. 12 MS" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE TO EAST OF PARTON POLICE STATION / / A595 / PARTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76150 / NX9830820614" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone, mid C19. Single sandstone block c2 ft high with chamfered top; square in plan, set diagonally to road. Painted white with rectangular cast-iron plate to north face; border and raised sans-serif lettering picked out in black: TO WHITEHAVEN 2 MILES. Plate missing from south face." |
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