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canal milestone, Kendal 8
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site name:-   Lancaster Canal
civil parish:-   Preston Patrick (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   canal milestone
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD53528327
1Km square:-   SD5383
10Km square:-   SD58
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 43 13) 
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. Lancaster .. 19 Kendal .. 8"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE ON KENDAL/LANCASTER CANAL APPROXIMATELY 100 METRES SOUTH OF AQUEDUCT OVER PEASY BECK AT CROOKLANDS / / / PRESTON PATRICK / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76602 / SD5352883277"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. c.1816. Limestone. Upright post with round head: upper part dressed, base roughly cut. Dressed oval panels to each side with 19 inscribed on South side and 8 on North, representing miles from Lancaster and Kendal respectively."

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