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canal milestone, Kendal 7
site name:-   Lancaster Canal
civil parish:-   Preston Richard (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   canal milestone
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD52448429
1Km square:-   SD5284
10Km square:-   SD58
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 42 12) 
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. Kendal .. 7 Lancaster .. 20"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 400 YARDS NORTH OF MATTINSONS BRIDGE ON THE KENDAL LANCASTER CANAL NGR 524/843 / / / PRESTON RICHARD / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76519 / SD5242984289"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. c1818. Limestone. Upright post with round head: upper part dressed, base roughly cut. Dressed oval panels to either side with 20 inscribed on the South side and 7 on North side, representing miles from Lancaster and Kendal respectively."

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