Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| milestone, Westward (2) | ||
| site name:- | road, Cockermouth to Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Westward (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY27504712 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2747 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY24 | |
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 BNN83.jpg Cast iron plate on a stone:- "CARLISLE 10 MILES COCKERMOUTH 15½ MILES" (taken 11.4.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 10) |
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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.P. Carlisle .. 10 Cockermouth .. 15 1/2" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE EAST OF STREET / / A595 / WESTWARD / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72502 / NY2750647121" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Probably early C19 for the Carlisle to Cockermouth Turnpike. Whitewashed red sandstone. Rounded-top stone with cast-iron plate to front inscribed CARLISLE 10 MILES, COCKERMOUTH 15 1/2 MILES, with bench mark above." |
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