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milestone, Strickland Ketel (4)
site name:-   road, Kendal to Windermere
civil parish:-   Strickland Ketel (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD49629513
1Km square:-   SD4995
10Km square:-   SD49
references:-   OS County Series


photograph
BTU59.jpg  inscribed stone:-
"KENDAL / 2 MILES" (taken 19.11.2010)  
photograph
BTU60.jpg  inscribed stone:-
"WINDERMERE / 6½MILES" (taken 19.11.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 33 15) 
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 Ambleside .. 12 Kendal .. 2"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE ON LOOP ROAD 50 YARDS SOUTH OF JUNCTION OF HOLLINS LANE AND WINDERMERE / / / STRICKLAND KETEL / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76416 / SD4963095129"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone, probably late C19. Limestone with chamfered edges. Painted white. Plain incised lettering painted black. North side: Kendal 2 miles. South side: Windermere 6 1/2 miles. Bench mark on side."


photograph
BTU61.jpg  inscribed on top, perhaps sgraffito:-
"W.[O] / 1[89]1" (taken 19.11.2010)  

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