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milestone, Old Hutton and Holmescales
site name:-   road, Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale
civil parish:-   Old Hutton and Holmescales (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD56598830
1Km square:-   SD5688
10Km square:-   SD58


photograph
BLV10.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"KIRKBY LONSDALE 7 / KENDAL 5" (taken 9.4.2006)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series
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. KENDAL .. 5 KIRKBY LONSDALE .. 7"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE ON EAST SIDE OF ROAD 100 YARDS NORTH-EAST OF HUTTON YEAT / / B6254 / OLD HUTTON AND HOLMESCALES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76706 / SD5659488297"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Possibly early C19. Monolithic stone c.2 ft high and triangular in plan with domical top and ruled dressing. Painted white with sans-serif lettering and numbers picked out in black: KIRKBY LONSDALE 7 (north face); KENDAL 5 (south face)."

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