Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| milestone, Wigton | ||
| site name:- | road, Cockermouth to Carlisle (?) | |
| locality:- | Wigton | |
| civil parish:- | Wigton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| locality type:- | placename sign | |
| coordinates:- | NY25884864 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2548 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY24 | |
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 BYW25.jpg Cast iron plate on stone:- "CARLISLE / 11 MILES / WIGTON / COCKERMOUTH / 15½MILES" (taken 27.7.2013) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 6) |
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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 .. 11 Cockermouth .. 15 1/2" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE AT NGR NY 25880 48640 (OPPOSITE ACCRINGTON TERRACE) / / A 596 / WIGTON / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72015 / NY2588248640" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Late C18 or early C19 for the Carlisle-Cockermouth Turnpike. Whitewashed red sandstone, cast-iron plate. Rounded-top stone with curved face, plate to front with raised letters CARLISLE 11 MILES, WIGTON, COCKERMOUTH 15 1/2 MILES. Lettering picked out in black." |
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