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| milestone, Stainton | ||
| site name:- | road, Lancaster to Kendal E | |
| civil parish:- | Stainton (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | SD53288707 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5387 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD58 | |
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 BMC89.jpg Cast iron:- "BURTON 7 MILES / 1826 / KENDAL 4 MILES" (taken 26.5.2006)  BMC90.jpg Maker's plate:- "T. WINDER GATEBECK FOUNDRY" (taken 26.5.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 1) placename:- |
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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. Burton .. 7 Kendal .. 4" |
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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. J5SD58NW.jpg "4" 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 "MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS NORTH WEST OF STRORTH END FARMHOUSE NEAR HALF PENNY TURN OFF / / A65 / STAINTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76535 / SD5329787055" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Dated 1826. Cast iron. Half hexagonal with fluted faces and domed top. Painted black and white. Marked:" "BURTON / 7 / MILES KENDAL" "on North side and" "KENDAL / 4 / MILES" "miles on South side" "One of a series of similar Milestones and Boundary Posts on the old Turnpike Road." |
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