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milestone, Lupton
site name:-   road, Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale
civil parish:-   Lupton (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD58678426
1Km square:-   SD5884
10Km square:-   SD58


photograph
BPW46.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"KIRKBY LONSDALE 4 / KENDAL 8" (taken 2.1.2009)  
photograph
BPW47.jpg  Rivet bench mark on top.
(taken 2.1.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 11) 
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. Kirkby Lonsdale.. 4 Kendal .. 8"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE AT SD 586 842 / / B6254 / LUPTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75706 / SD5866684264"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Probably early C18. Dressed stone. Square on plan, set diagonally to road, each face has slightly rounded head. North side inscribed: "KIRKBY/LONSDALE/4"; south side inscribed: "KENDAL/8", probably recent. The numbers are in sunk ovals. Base not visible. Benchmark to top. Set on Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale turnpike road, 1753."

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