Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| milestone, Thursby (7) | ||
| site name:- | road, Cockermouth to Carlisle | |
| locality:- | Micklethwaite | |
| civil parish:- | Thursby (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY28445047 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2850 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY25 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 3) |
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| 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. "Cralisle .. 9 Wigton .. 2 Cockermouth .. 17 1/2 M.S." |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE NORTH EAST OF MICKLETHWAITE / / / THURSBY / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71942 / NY2844450473" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Late C18 or early C19 for the Carlisle-Cockermouth Turnpike. Red sandstone, cast-iron plate. Rounded-top stone with curved face, plate to front with raised letters CARLISLE 8 MILES, WIGTON 3 MILES, COCKERMOUTH 18 1/2 MILES. Whitewashed with lettering picked out in black." |
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