milestone, Glassonby | ||
site name:- | road, Penrith to Alston | |
civil parish:- | Glassonby (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | milestone | |
coordinates:- | NY67274232 | |
1Km square:- | NY6742 | |
10Km square:- | NY64 | |
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BMI89.jpg Inscribed stone:- "ALSTON 4 / PENRITH 15" and a ?cut bench mark. (taken 7.7.2006) |
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evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 41) |
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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. ALSTON 4 PENRITH 15" |
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evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE WEST OF MEATHAW HILL / / A686 / GLASSONBY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73448 / NY6727142328" |
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source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Probably early C19 for the Penrith-Alston Turnpike. Whitewashed stone. Round top squared stone, has incised lettering on face ALSTON 4, PENRITH 15, in 4 lines, picked out in black, with bench mark above." |
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