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milestone, Greysouthen
not found
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Workington
civil parish:-   Greysouthen (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY06262957
1Km square:-   NY0629
10Km square:-   NY02

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 6) 
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 Cockermouth 5 Workington 4"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE AT ABOVE MAP REF / / / GREYSOUTHEN / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72232 / NY0627229577"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Late C18 or early C19. Whitewashed stone with rounded top and cast iron plate to front, inscribed WORKINGTON 4 MILES,COCKERMOUTH 4 MILES, lettering picked out in black."

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