Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| milestone, Cummersdale | ||
| site name:- | road, Cockermouth to Carlisle | |
| site name:- | road, Carlisle to Wigton | |
| locality:- | Newby Cross | |
| civil parish:- | Cummersdale (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY36655305 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3653 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 10) 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 .. 3 Wigton .. 8 Cockermouth.. 23 1/2" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Milestone |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE (EAST OF NEWBY CROSS FARM) / / A595 / CUMMERSDALE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77586 / NY3664753049" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Late C18 or early C19, for the Carlisle-Cockermouth Turnpike. Red sandstone, cast-iron plate. Rounded-top stone with curved face, plate to front with raised letters CARLISLE 3 MILES, WIGTON 8 MILES, COCKERMOUTH 23 1/2 MILES. Whitewashed with lettering picked-out in black." |
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