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milestone, Warcop (2)
site name:-   road, Brough to Appleby
civil parish:-   Warcop (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY71451852
1Km square:-   NY7118
10Km square:-   NY71
references:-   OS County Series

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 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. BROUGH 6 APPLEBY 2"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
source data:-   Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.
image
J5NY71NW.jpg
"6"
milestone marked by road 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE TO SOUTH EAST OF SANDFORD THORN / / A66 / WARCOP / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73385 / NY7145218506"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone; C19. Single rough-dressed stone c3 ft high; square in plan, set diagonally. Inscribed in sans-serif lettering on dressed insets: BROUGH 6 MILES on north face, APPLEBY 2 MILES."

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