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| milestone, Skelsmergh (4) | ||
| site name:- | road, Kendal to Shap | |
| civil parish:- | Skelsmergh (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | SD52409805 (?) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD5298 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD59 | |
| references:- | OS 2000s Explorer |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 8) |
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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 .. 12 Kendal .. 4" "" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILEPOST AT SD 524 980 / / A6 / SKELSMERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75746 / SD5240198058" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milepost. Dated 1825. Cast iron. Half-hexagonal with fluted faces and domed cap. Panel to left side reads: "SHAP/12/MILES"; panel to right side reads: "KENDAL/4/MILES"; date to centre. One of a series of similar mileposts on Heron Syke to Eamont Bridge turnpike road, 1756." |
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