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milestone, Papcastle
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Maryport
civil parish:-   Papcastle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY10433289
1Km square:-   NY1032
10Km square:-   NY13


photograph
BNR84.jpg  Cast iron plate on stone:-
"COCKERMOUTH / COURT-HOUSE / 2 MILES / MARYPORT / MARKET-PLACE / 5¼MILES" (taken 25.5.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 15) 
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 Cockermouth .. 2 Maryport .. 5 1/4"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE BESIDE DOVENBY CRAGGS / / / PAPCASTLE / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72714 / NY1043332895"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Late C18 or early C19 for the Cockermouth-Maryport Turnpike. Whitewashed stone. Attached to curved face a cast iron plate inscribed COCKERMOUTH COURT-HOUSE 2 MILES, MARYPORT MARKET PLACE 5 1/2 MILES, the lettering picked out in black."

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