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milestone, Bridekirk
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Carlisle
civil parish:-   Bridekirk (formerly Cumberland) (?) 
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY11913226
1Km square:-   NY1132
10Km square:-   NY13


photograph
BNV44.jpg  Cast iron plate on stone:-
"CARLISLE / 24 MILES / WIGTON / 14 MILES / COCKERMOUTH / 1½MILES" (taken 20.6.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 16) 
placename:-  
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. Carlisle .. 24 Wigton .. 14 Cockermouth .. 1/2"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE SOUTH OF ANN'S HILL / / / BRIDEKIRK / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72577 / NY1191032271"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Late C18 or early C19. Whitewashed stone with rounded top. Cast iron plate fixed to curved face inscribed CARLISLE 24 MILES, WIGTON 14 MILES, COCKERMOUTH 1 1/2 MILES."

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