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| milestone, Alston Moor (3) | ||
| site name:- | road, Penrith to Alston | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY69964391 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6943 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY64 | |
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 BMI87.jpg Inscribed stone:- "ALSTON 2 / PENRITH 17" (taken 7.7.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 41 4) |
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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 .. 2 Penrith .. 17" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE TO NORTH EAST OF HARTSIDE COTTAGES / / A686 / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73070 / NY6996643915" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone, early C19 for Alston Turnpike Trust. Single stone c2 ft high by c1 1/2 ft wide with elliptical top; painted white with carved sans-serif lettering on front face picked out in black: ALSTON 2, PENRITH 17." |
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