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milestone, Sedbergh (17)
site name:-   road, Sedbergh to Hawes (?) 
civil parish:-   Sedbergh (formerly Yorkshire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD67099174
1Km square:-   SD6791
10Km square:-   SD69


photograph
BSF08.jpg (taken 26.2.2010)  
photograph
BSF07.jpg  Difficult to read, perhaps:-
"[ oute] / Garsdale / EIGHT / MILES" The a inside the G.
(taken 26.2.2010)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE ON CORNER OF GARSDALE ROAD AND FROSTROW LANE ON SOUTH SIDE OF GARSDALE ROAD 100 YARDS FROM LOW MOSS / / / SEDBERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 484567 / SD6710091741"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Probably C17. Sandstone. Roughly-hewn square shaft approx. one metre high, with crudely incised lettering at the top (partially obliterated), probably: "Kikby Stephen EIGHTEEN MILES" and "Garsdale". Similar to milestone on east side of Howgill Lane opposite junction with Slacks Lane (qv). FORMERLY KNOWN AS: Milestone on corner of Garsdale Road and Frostrow Lane on south side of Garsdale Road, 100 yards from Low Moss."

evidence:-   old map:- OS County series (Yrk 63) 
source data:-   "Old Mile Stone"


photograph
BSF09.jpg  Inscribed:-
"Garsdale" (taken 26.2.2010)  

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