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| milestone, Thursby (5) | ||
| site name:- | road, Cockermouth to Carlisle | |
| site name:- | road, Carlisle to Wigton | |
| locality:- | Nealhouse | |
| civil parish:- | Thursby (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY34075107 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3451 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
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 BZX72.jpg "CARLISLE / 5 MILES / WIGTON / 6 MILES / COCKERMOUTH / 21 MILES" (taken 28.2.2014) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 13) |
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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. "M.S. Carlisle .. 5 Wigton .. 6 Cockermouth .. 21 1/2" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE SOUTH OF NEALHOUSE FARM / / / THURSBY / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71943 / NY3406051070" |
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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 5 MILES, WIGTON 6 MILES, COCKERMOUTH 21 1/2 MILES. Whitewashed with lettering picked out in black. O.S. bench mark on top of stone." |
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