Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| milestone, Whitwell and Selside | ||
| site name:- | road, Kendal to Shap | |
| civil parish:- | Whitwell and Selside (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY54040057 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5400 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY50 | |
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 BJT42.jpg Cast iron:- "SHAP 10 MILES / 1825 / KENDAL 6 MILES" (taken 22.8.2005) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 34 1) |
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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. "M.S Shap .. 10 Kendal .. 6" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILEPOST OPPOSITE MEMORIAL HALL / / A6 / WHITWELL AND SELSIDE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75765 / NY5403500564" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milepost. Dated 1825. Cast iron. Half-hexagonal with concave faces and domed cap. Lettering on panels to sides reading: "SHAP/l0/MILES"; to right: "KENDAL/6/MILES"; date to centre. One of a series of mileposts on Heron Syke to Eamont Bridge turnpike road, 1753." |
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