Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| milestone, Carlisle (4) | ||
| site name:- | road, Carlisle to Longtown | |
| locality:- | Kingstown | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY39465943 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3959 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 16 11) placename:- |
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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. Carlisle .. 2" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE EAST OF NUMBER 325 / / KINGSTOWN ROAD / CARLISLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 386777 / NY3947359440" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Probably 1820-1822 for the Carlisle-Glasgow Turnpike. Red sandstone ashlar. Rounded-top stone has set into its face a circular cast-iron plate with raised letters CARLISLE 2 MILES. Stone originally whitewashed and plate with lettering picked out in black. May have moved a few metres from its original position to allow for slip road. Photograph of this in its original position is in Carlisle Museum. This stone is set close to the former Kingstown Toll Cottage (not included)." |
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