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milestone, Preston Richard (3)
site name:-   road, Lancaster to Kendal E
civil parish:-   Preston Richard (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD53538419 (?) 
1Km square:-   SD5384
10Km square:-   SD58
references:-   OS County Series


photograph
CEL96.jpg  Cast iron, from foundry at Gatebeck:-
"BURTON / 5 / MILES" "182[ ]" "KENDAL / 6 / MILES" (taken 1.1.2016)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 9) 
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. Burton .. 5 Kendal .. 6"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5SD58SW.jpg
"6"
milestone marked by road 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE 100 YARDS SOUTH OF SOUTH LODGE / / A65 / PRESTON RICHARD / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76523 / SD5353484196"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Dated 1826. Cast-Iron. Half hexagonal with fluted face and domed top. Painted black and white. Marked:"
"BURTON / 5 / MILES"
"on North side"
"KENDAL / 6 MILES"
"on South side."
"One of a series of similar Milestones and Boundary Stones on the old Turnpike road."

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