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milestone, Crosscanonby
not found
site name:-   road, Wigton to Workington
civil parish:-   Crosscanonby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY06483983
1Km square:-   NY0639
10Km square:-   NY03

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 35 14) 
placename:-  
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. Workington .. 9 Wigton .. 14"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE SOUTH WEST OF SALTPANS / / / CROSSCANONBY / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 411484 / NY0648739831"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Late C18 or early C19 for the Wigton-Workington Turnpike. Whitewashed stone. Round-topped stone with weathered inscription on front: WORKINGTON 9, WIGTON 14 MILES."

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