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milestone, Dearham
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Maryport
civil parish:-   Dearham (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY06653524
1Km square:-   NY0635
10Km square:-   NY03


photograph
BNR94.jpg  Cast iron on stone:-
"COCKERMOUTH C/ COURT-HOUSE / 5 MILES / MARYPORT / MARKET-PLACE / 2¼MILES" (taken 25.5.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 10) 
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.
"MS. Cockermout .. 5 Maryport .. 2 1/4"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE AT ABOVE MAP REF / / / DEARHAM / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72230 / NY0665135243"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Late C18 or early C19. Whitewashed red sandstone. Round-topped stone with cast iron plate to front inscribed COCKERMOUTH COURT-HOUSE 5 MILES, MARYPORT MARKET-PLACE 21/4 MILES. Lettering picked out in black. OS bench mark on top of stone."

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