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| milestone, Thursby (6) | ||
| site name:- | road, Cockermouth to Carlisle | |
| locality:- | Thursby | |
| civil parish:- | Thursby (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY32705026 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3250 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY35 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BZP13.jpg Cast iron:- "CARLISLE / 6 MILES / WIGTON / 5 MILES / COCKERMOUTH 20½MILES" (taken 1.11.2013) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 4) |
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| 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. "[Carlisle .. 6 Cockermouth .. 20 1/2 Wigton .. 5 M.S.]" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE NORTH SIDE OF VILLAGE GREEN / / / THURSBY / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71946 / NY3270850268" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Late C18 or early C19 for the Carlisle-Cockermouth Turnpike. Red sandstone, cast-iron plate. Rounded-top stone with curved face, plate to front with raised letters CARLISLE 6 MILES, WIGTON 5 MILES, COCKERMOUTH 20 1/2 MILES. Whitewashed with lettering picked out in black. O.S. bench mark on top of stone." |
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