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| milestone, Nether Denton (3) | ||
| civil parish:- | Nether Denton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY61076365 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6163 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY66 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY66SW.jpg "15" milestone; from Carlisle towards Newcastle item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE WEST OF AT TEMON BRIDGE AT NGR NY 6080 63660 / / A69 / NETHER DENTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78074 / NY6107163654" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Probably 1758 for the Carlisle-Newcastle Military Road. Sandstone, cast-iron plates. Chamfered stone to give 2 faces in direction of traffic, one face with cast plate TO CARLISLE 15 MILES, other face TO NEWCASTLE 41 MILES, both in 4 lines. Whitewashed over and lettering picked out in black. This became the Carlisle-Temon Turnpike in 1811. Each milestone is clearly drawn on Hodgskinson &Donald's map of Cumberland and Westmorland, surveyed 1770." |
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