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milestone, Thursby (3)
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Carlisle
locality:-   Bankend
civil parish:-   Thursby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY31415092
1Km square:-   NY3150
10Km square:-   NY35

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29) 
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. WIGTON 4 CARLISLE 9 COCKERMOUTH 19½"

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 4) 
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.
"Carlisle [ ] Wigton [ ] Cockermouth [ ] MS"

hearsay:-  
Believed to be in a private garden, part of a rockery feature.

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