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milestone, Shap (3)
site name:-   road, Kendal to Shap
civil parish:-   Shap (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY56671158
1Km square:-   NY5611
10Km square:-   NY51


photograph
BNL65.jpg  Cast iron:-
"SHAP 2 MILES / 1825 / KENDAL 14 MILES" (taken 30.3.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 21) 
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.
"SHAP 2 KENDAL 14 M.S."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILEPOST (OPPOSITE SHAP GRANITE WORKS) / / A6 / SHAP / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 430806 / NY5667411582"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milepost, dated 1825, for Heron Syke Turnpike Trust. Oval foundry mark on top centre: T. WINDER GATEBECK FOUNDRY. Cast iron c.3 ft high. 3 concave sides with ogee domical top. Separate plates giving town names and distances in raised letters are fastened to sides of main casting. Left: SHAP 2 MILES. Date to centre. Right: KENDAL 14 MILES. Painted white with lettering, foundry mark, and top edges picked out in black."

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