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milestone, Broughton Moor
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Maryport
locality:-   Linefoot
civil parish:-   Broughton Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY07873418
1Km square:-   NY0734
10Km square:-   NY03


photograph
BRI53.jpg  Cast iron plate on a stone, at the entrance to Linefoot farm:-
"COCKERMOUTH / COURT-HOUSE / 4 MILES / MARYPORT / MARKET-PLACE / 3¼MILES" (taken 2.9.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 10) 
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.
"MS Cockermouth 4 Maryport 3 1/2"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE AT ENTRANCE TO LINEFOOT FARM / / / BROUGHTON MOOR / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72225 / NY0789734176"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Late C18 or early C19. Whitewashed red sandstone. Round-topped stone with cast iron plate to front inscribed COCKERMOUTH COURT-HOUSE 4 MILES, MARYPORT MARKET-PLACE 31/4 MILES. Lettering picked out in black. OS bench mark on top of stone."

hearsay:-  
The milestone, broken off, is said to have been rescued and cemented here, out of position, by the farmer.

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