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milestone, Killington
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site name:-   road, Kendal to Sedbergh
Street:-   Scotch Jeans
civil parish:-   Killington (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD61639163
1Km square:-   SD6191
10Km square:-   SD69

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 39 8) 
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. / Kendal .. 7 1/2 Sedbergh .. 3"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 130M TO WEST OF GILLHOUSE STYLE / / A684 / KILLINGTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75676 / SD6163591643"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Probably early C19. Painted stone on square base with broaches to angles. Inscribed: "S:K/3:7 1/2" (S = Sedbergh; K = Kendal). Placed on Sedbergh to Kendal turnpike road, 1762."

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