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| milestone, Holme (4) | ||
| site name:- | road, Lancaster to Kendal E | |
| civil parish:- | Holme (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | SD53017964 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5379 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD57 | |
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 BQA85.jpg " - BURTON 2 MILES / 1826 / KENDAL 9 MILES" (taken 6.2.2009)  BQA86.jpg Maker's mark:- "T. WIN[DER] / GATEBECK / FOUNDRY" (taken 6.2.2009) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1
mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas
Jefferys, London, 1770. J5SD57NW.jpg "9" milestone marked by road item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILEPOST APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES NORTH OF HOLME PARK / / A 6070 / HOLME / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76675 / SD5301979648" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milepost. Dated 1826. Cast iron. Half-hexagonal with fluted faces and domed top. Painted black and white. Marked:" "BURTON / 2 / MILES" "on North side and" "KENDAL / 9 / MILES" "on South." "One of a series of similar milestones and boundary stones on the Heronsyke Turnpike for which the work was supervised by John McAdam." |
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 BQA87.jpg Back of the marker. (taken 6.2.2009) |
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 BLO21.jpg Before restoration " - BURTON 2 MILES / 1826 / KENDAL 9 MILES" (taken 13.1.2006) |
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