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milestone, Farleton
site name:-   road, Lancaster to Kendal E
locality:-   Farleton
civil parish:-   Beetham (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD53378128
1Km square:-   SD5381
10Km square:-   SD58
references:-   OS 2000s Explorer


photograph
CEM31.jpg  Cast iron:-
"BURTON / 3 / MILES" "1826" "KENDAL / 8 / MILES" (taken 1.1.2016)  

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5SD58SW.jpg
"8"
milestone marked by road 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILEPOST 80 METRES SOUTH OF ENTRANCE TO GREEN CLOSE / / A6070 / BEETHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76561 / SD5337381284"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milepost. Dated 1826. Cast-iron. Half-hexagonal with fluted faces and domed top. Painted black and white. Marked:"
"BURTON / 3 / MILES"
"on North side and"
"KENDAL / 8 / MILES"
"on South side"
"One of series of similar milestones and boundary stones on Heronsyke Turnpike Road, the building of which was supervised by John McAdam."

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