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milestone, Bridekirk (3)
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Maryport
civil parish:-   Bridekirk (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY11413165
1Km square:-   NY1131
10Km square:-   NY13
references:-   OS County Series


photograph
CAU42.jpg  Cast iron:-
"COCKERMOUTH / COURT-HOUSE / 1 MILE / MARYPORT / MARKET-PLACE / 6BĀ¼MILES" (taken 30.5.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 4) 
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 Cockermouth ... 1 Maryport 6 1/4"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE AT PAPCASTLE ROUNDABOUT / / / BRIDEKIRK / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72589 / NY1141031646"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Late C18 or early C19 for the Cockermouth-Maryport Turnpike. Whitewashed stone with rounded top; attached to curved face a cast iron plate inscribed COCKERMOUTH COURT-HOUSE 1 MILE, MARYPORT MARKET PLACE 61/4 MILES, the lettering picked out in black."

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