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milestone, Strickland Ketel (2)
not found
site name:-   road, Kendal to Windermere Ferry
locality:-   Bonning Gate
civil parish:-   Strickland Ketel (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD47859525 (once) 
1Km square:-   SD4795
10Km square:-   SD49
SummaryText:-   believed to have been 'rescued' and put in the garden of Chain House.
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 14) 
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 .. 3 Bowness .. 6"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE 10 METRES EAST OF JUNCTION OF CROOK ROAD AND RATHERHEATH LANE / / CROOK ROAD / STRICKLAND KETEL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76422 / SD4784695260"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Probably late C19. Limestone with chamfered edges. Painted white. Plain incised lettering painted black. West side: Kendal 3 miles. East side: Bowness 53/4 miles. Bench mark on side."

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