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milestone, Westward (4)
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Carlisle
civil parish:-   Westward (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY30294876
1Km square:-   NY3048
10Km square:-   NY34

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 7) 
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 ... 8 / Cockermouth ... 17 1/2 / M.S"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE WEST OF WEST WOODSIDE / / A595 / WESTWARD / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 416210 / NY3028348770"
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, COCKERMOUTH 17 1/2 MILES. Whitewashed with lettering picked out in black. O.S. bench mark on top of stone."

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