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milestone, Broughton East
site name:-   road, ?
civil parish:-   Broughton East (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD38908010
1Km square:-   SD3880
10Km square:-   SD38


photograph
BTG13.jpg  Inscribed stone, letters in relief:-
"To HAWKSHEAD 13 MILES / To KENDAL 15 MILES" (taken 30.7.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 12) 
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.
"HAWKSHEAD 13 KENDAL 15 M.S."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 100 METRES TO WEST OF LONGLANDS FARM / / / BROUGHTON EAST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76914 / SD3890080101"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. C18. Stone. Triangular plan, with one angle removed. Left face has panel reading: "TO/HAWKSHEAD/13 MILES" (the S of Hawkshead reversed). Right face has panel reading: "TO/KENDAL/15 MILES"."

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