Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| milestone, Shap (2) | ||
| site name:- | road, Kendal to Shap | |
| locality:- | Shap | |
| civil parish:- | Shap (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY56441471 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5614 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY51 | |
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 BNW82.jpg Cast iron:- "SHAP / 1825 / KENDAL 16 MILES" (taken 30.7.2007)  BPK81.jpg The stone behind could be an earlier milestone. (taken 4.7.2008) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 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. KENDAL 16" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Milepost on Roadside to East of Croft House |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILEPOST ON ROADSIDE TO EAST OF CROFT HOUSE / / MAIN STREET / SHAP / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74176 / NY5644014719" |
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| 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 fastened back to stone block; 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. Date to centre. Right: KENDAL 16 MILES. Painted white with lettering, foundry mark, and top edges picked out in black." |
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