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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

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 3) 
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."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE NORTH EAST OF MICKLETHWAITE / / / THURSBY / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71942 / NY2844450473"
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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