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milestone, Middleton
site name:-   road, Kirkby Lonsdale to Sedbergh
civil parish:-   Middleton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD62098480
1Km square:-   SD6284
10Km square:-   SD68


photograph
BLT48.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"S 6 / K.L 4¾" (taken 31.3.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 12) 
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. Kirkby Lonsdale .. 4 3/4 Sedbergh .. 6"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 200 METRES NORTH OF SORROWSDYKE LANE / / A683 / MIDDLETON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75736 / SD6208984809"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Probably early C19. Painted stone. Semi-circular on plan, on square base with broaches. Inscribed: "S:K.L./6:43/4". Benchmark above base. Set on Sedbergh to Greta Bridge turnpike road, 1762. (S = Sedbergh; KL = KIrkby Lonsdale)."

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