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| milestone, Papcastle | ||
| site name:- | road, Cockermouth to Maryport | |
| civil parish:- | Papcastle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY10433289 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1032 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
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 BNR84.jpg Cast iron plate on stone:- "COCKERMOUTH / COURT-HOUSE / 2 MILES / MARYPORT / MARKET-PLACE / 5¼MILES" (taken 25.5.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 15) |
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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 Cockermouth .. 2 Maryport .. 5 1/4" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE BESIDE DOVENBY CRAGGS / / / PAPCASTLE / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72714 / NY1043332895" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Late C18 or early C19 for the Cockermouth-Maryport Turnpike. Whitewashed stone. Attached to curved face a cast iron plate inscribed COCKERMOUTH COURT-HOUSE 2 MILES, MARYPORT MARKET PLACE 5 1/2 MILES, the lettering picked out in black." |
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