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| milestone, Hesket (3) | ||
| site name:- | road, Penrith to Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Hesket (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY47014547 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4745 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY44 | |
| references:- | OS 2000s Explorer |
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 BTM77.jpg Cast iron on stone:- "10 / 8" (taken 3.9.2010) |
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| The grass verge has been carefully mown round - September 2010. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 31 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. Carlisle .. 8 Penrith .. 10" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY44NE.jpg "8" milestone; from Carlisle to Penrith item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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