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| milestone, Fawcett Forest (2) | ||
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| site name:- | road, Kendal to Shap | |
| civil parish:- | Fawcett Forest (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY55010154 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5501 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY50 | |
| references:- | OS 2000s Explorer |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 28 13) |
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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 Shap .. 9 Kendal .. 7" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILEPOST APPROXIMATELY 330M NE OF FOREST HALL / / A6 / FAWCETT FOREST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75626 / NY5499801535" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milepost. Dated 1825. Cast iron. Half hexagonal with concave faces and domed cap. Lettering on panels to sides reading: to left: "SHAP/9/MILES", to right: "KENDAL/7/MILES"; date to centre. One of a series of mileposts on the Heron Syke to Eamont Bridge turnpike road, 1753." |
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| hearsay:- |
Dated 1825. |
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