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milestone, Hayton
site name:-   road, Carlisle to Brampton S
civil parish:-   Hayton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY49155799
1Km square:-   NY4957
10Km square:-   NY45
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


photograph
CEL87.jpg  Cast iron plates on stone:-
"TO / BRAMPTON / 3 / MILES" "TO / CARLISLE / 6 / MILES" (taken 14.6.2013)  courtesy of Terry Moore
Image ©  Terry Moore

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 17 15) 
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 / Brampton 3. / Carlisle 6."

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 17 15) 
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 Brampton .. 3. Carlisle .. 6."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE (EAST OF CARLISLE LODGE) AT NGR NY49150 57990 / / A69 / HAYTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78055 / NY4915057990"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. 1830 for the Carlisle-Brampton Turnpike. Red sandstone, cast iron plates. Squared stone with chamfered top, set at angle to road to give 2 faces in direction of traffic. Cast plates set into each face, that pointing east inscribed TO CARLISLE 6 MILES and west TO BRAMPTON 3 MILES. Whitewashed with lettering picked out in black. Moved from its original position on short stretch of by-passed road."

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