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milestone, Distington (2)
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Whitehaven
locality:-   Common End
locality:-   Distington
civil parish:-   Distington (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY00522290
1Km square:-   NY0022
10Km square:-   NY02
references:-   OS County Series


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CFL53.jpg (taken 2.9.2016)  
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CFL54.jpg (taken 2.9.2016)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 7) 
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.
"Whitehaven .. 4 Workington .. 4 Cockermouth .. 10 M.S"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE TO NORTH OF BOOT BRIDGE / / A595 / DISTINGTON / COPELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76115 / NY0053022902"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone, mid C19. Single sandstone block c2 ft high with chamfered top; square in plan, set diagonally to road. Painted white with rectangular cast-iron plate to south face; border and raised sans-serif lettering picked out in black TO WORKINGTON 4 TO COCKERMOUTH 10 MILES. Plate missing from north face."

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