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| milestone, Alston Moor (15) | ||
| site name:- | road, Alston to Hexham | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY72794908 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7249 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
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 BXL23.jpg Iinscribed stone:- "ALSTON / 2 / HAYDON B. / 15 / HEXHAM / 21½" (taken 28.9.2012) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 1) |
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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 Alston .. 2 Haydon Bridge .. 15 Hesham .. 21 1/2" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE TO NORTH OF WHITEHOUSE / / A686 / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73088 / NY7279749093" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone, early C19 for Alston Turnpike Trust. Single stone c2 ft high by c1 1/2 ft wide with elliptical top; painted white with carved lettering on front face picked out in black. Roman lettering used for original inscription at top: ALSTON 2, HAYDON B. 15. Sans-serif addition below: HEXHAM 21 1/2." |
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