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| milestone, Matterdale | ||
| site name:- | road, Penrith to Keswick | |
| locality:- | Hutton Moor (roughly) | |
| civil parish:- | Matterdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY35482675 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3526 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY32 | |
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 BNK53.jpg Cast iron plate on stone:- "PENRITH 11 MILES / KESWICK 7 MILES" (taken 24.3.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 14) |
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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. Penrith .. 11 Keswick .. 7" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Milestone at Ny 354 267 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE AT NY 354 267 / / / MATTERDALE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74545 / NY3549326751" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milepost on lane formerly part of A66 Penrith-Keswick road, now cut off by new section. Probably early C19. Dressed slate with cast iron panel. Upright slab with ogival top. Panel has lettering reading: "PENRITH/ 11 MILES/KESWICK/7 MILES"." |
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