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milestone, Brigham (2)
not found
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Workington
locality:-   Broughton Cross
civil parish:-   Brigham (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY07683033
1Km square:-   NY0730
10Km square:-   NY03

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series
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 .. 3 Workington .. 5"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE EAST OF BROUGHTON CROSS / / / BRIGHAM / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72602 / NY0770630343"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Early C19 for the Cockermouth-Workington Turnpike. Whitewashed rounded-top stone inscribed on front in black lettering COCKERMOUTH 3 MILES, WORKINGTON 5. Damaged on top left-hand corner."

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