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milestone, Preston Patrick (2)
not found
site name:-   road, Lancaster to Kendal E
civil parish:-   Preston Patrick (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD53868266
1Km square:-   SD5382
10Km square:-   SD58
references:-   OS 2000s Explorer

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 13) 
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. Burton .. 4 Kendal .. 7"

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
"7"
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
"MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 50 METRES NORTH OF SEVEN MILESTONE BRIDGE OVER KENDAL/LANCASTER CANAL / / A65 / PRESTON PATRICK / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76613 / SD5384582658"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Dated 1826. Cast iron. Half-hexagonal with fluted faces and domed top. Painted black and white. Marked:"
"BURTON / 4 / MILES"
"on North side and"
"KENDAL / 7 / MILES"
"on South side."
"One of a series of similar Milestones and Boundary Stones on the Heronsyke Turnpike, for which the work was supervised by John McAdam."

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