Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| milestone, Hutton | ||
| site name:- | road, Penrith to Keswick | |
| civil parish:- | Hutton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY38532723 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3827 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY32 | |
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 BOU81.jpg cast iron plate on slate:- "PENRITH / 9 MILES / KESWICK / 9 MILES [arrow]" (taken 17.3.2008) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 57 11) |
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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. "M.S Penrith .. 9 Keswick .. 9" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 54:- "... At the ninth-mile post a beautiful view opens upon the eye; on the one hand is a distinct view of greatest part of the manor of Grisdale, and in front is a delightful prospect of the environs of Keswick. The mountains on each side bound the landscape, and the woody vale which lyes between them is interspersed with innumerable sparkling rills, which, when the sun shines in the East, appear like so many chains of silver: the whole scene is coloured with all the elegance of variety; in one part is a spot of verdant meadow, in another a yellow field of ripening corn; here a silent gloomy thicket, there a peaceful cottage; on one side, the mountains, now deserted by the sun, form a shade of majestic darkness; on the other, the light is reflected by such a variety of rocky promontories, that every hill merits the attention of a painter; whilst all these, seen at once, cannot but impress the mind of the traveller with pleasure and admiration. Some travellers will be almost deterred from proceeding any farther, so awful is the appearance of the impending mountains. ..." |
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| hearsay:- |
Both the stone and cast iron plate are modern replacements; the stone dated on the
back. The old stone, broken, is by the side. |
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