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milestone, Oughterside and Allerby
site name:-   road, Wigton to Workington
civil parish:-   Oughterside and Allerby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY07554102
1Km square:-   NY0741
10Km square:-   NY04
references:-   OS County Series


photograph
BZU29.jpg (taken 7.2.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 35 10) 
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.
"WORKINGTON .. 10 WIGTON .. 13 M.S."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE SOUTH WEST OF HEATHER BANK / / / OUGHTERSIDE AND ALLERBY / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 411787 / NY0756041020"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Late C18 or early C19 for the Wigton-Workington Turnpike. Whitewashed stone. Round-topped stone inscribed on front WORKINGTON 10 MILES, WIGTON 13 MILES. 0.S. bench mark on top of stone."

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