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milestone, Old Hutton and Holmescales (2)
site name:-   road, Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale
civil parish:-   Old Hutton and Holmescales (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD57248685
1Km square:-   SD5786
10Km square:-   SD58
references:-   OS County Series


photograph
BSS09.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"KIRKBY LONSDALE 6 / KENDAL 6" (taken 7.5.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43) 
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. KIRKBY LONSDALE 6 KENDAL 6"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE ON EAST SIDE OF ROAD 450 YARDS NORTH OF CROSSLANDS FARM / / B6254 / OLD HUTTON AND HOLMESCALES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76707 / SD5724286852"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Possibly early C19. Monolithic stone c.2 ft high and triangular in plan with domical top and ruled dressing. Painted white with sans-serif lettering and numbers picked out in black: KIRKBY LONSDALE 6 (north face); KENDAL 6 (south face)."

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